| ▲ | jopsen 3 days ago | |
> does not make the overall state of the population that much less shitty. Has it ever been better? Not saying it shouldn't, just that we might have unrealistic expectations. | ||
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| ▲ | A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
<< we might have unrealistic expectations. I deleted longer response from yesterday. Long story short, I disagree. If anything, it is unrealistic for anyone to expect that current economic ecosystem is sustainable. I don't expect a lot, but I do expect my standard to improve over that of my parents', not decrease. | ||
| ▲ | reverius42 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Housing affordability was better from 2009-2021 than now. https://www.atlantafed.org/research/data-and-tools/home-owne... Total national health expenditures have grown much faster than population growth: https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/u-s-spe... And yet, over the same time period, life expectancy hasn't gone up that much: https://datacommons.org/tools/visualization#visType%3Dtimeli... | ||