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[–] rickdg@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (6 children)

It's a mystery how the US belongs to a select group of contries with homongous GDP but lower life expectancy.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Inequality is like some of the worst developing world countries

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/05/progress-by-samuel-miller-mcdonald-review-humanitys-greatest-myth

Inequality is soaring, with the 1% scooping up ever-larger shares of global wealth. These days, the US has a Gini coefficient – the most common international measurement of inequality – on a par with slave-owning Ancient Rome. Maternal mortality rates for American millennials are three times higher than those of their parents’ generation

[–] haloduder@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's always acceptable to kill a rich person.

They only got rich by killing and exploiting poor people.

Unless they renounce their wealth and give most of it away, kill them.

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