No, no. The US has the strongest GDP! The world's biggest stock market! So. Much. Wealth! How can this be!?

diet_jerome 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

This is the case because government regulation makes it difficult, illegal, or impossible to increase supply of food/housing/healthcare and drive down prices.

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lurking_swe 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I know you’re joking / being sarcastic. I will say though, nobody claims wealth in the US is evenly distributed…quite the opposite.

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gabrielgio 4 days ago | parent [-]

I read it more like that people should start tracking success of country not based on how much health it produces and start caring about the actual quality of live of its people. People can't eat GDP or sleep under it

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tossandthrow 4 days ago | parent [-]

First, my comment was overly snarky - I can see the karma counter jumping up and down like a rabbit which is fair.

Personally, I see the central governance responsibility as ensuring a peopsperous society.

This must necessarily include a high level of equality.

Equality can be achieved using capital systems and market economies.

The US is failing hard at being a good country these years.

	▲	gabrielgio a day ago \| parent [-]
		> Equality can be achieved using capital systems and market economies. Sure, it is just going to be a eternal battle between the need of capital for infinity growth and the need of working class for better wealth distribution.