Bread and CircusesLife expectancy for US citizens is dropping fast, and is now lower than that of Cuba, Lebanon, or Czechia.
Gun murders, car wrecks, high infant mortality, people dying without health insurance or with inadequate and overly costly insurance -- all these factors are *much* worse in the US than in any other "advanced" nation.
We're the richest country in the world, yet we can't keep our citizens alive. On the other hand, insurance companies are making HUGE profits, and that's great for the economy, right? 🙄
Vu Austern@breadandcircuses The best example that economic activity does not equal good (or economic efficiency) is the fact that every middleman a transaction goes through generates economic activity.
System IV, Building K@breadandcircuses My friend, we used to make fun of South American regimes, juntas, coups… violence. Reagan making deals with Iran to ensure his election (see: October Surprise) and years later the demon Oliver North and Iran-Contra did not register. The theft of Gore’s election in 2000 seems a matter of course now.
Elon Musk stick@goodthinking @breadandcircuses USA is a failed state
Auntie Mame@goodthinking @breadandcircuses My Colombian friend says the US is a rich Latin American country. Corruption, crime, murder…
otto@breadandcircuses What an excellent time to raise the retirement age. Make it longer than life expectancy and social security will always pay out less than it takes in.
Mark@breadandcircuses @ottomate What an excellent time to remove the income cap on Social Security taxes.
Tax the rich, so working people can retire when they’re ready to, and enjoy some benefits from the massive increases in productivity that heretofore has only benefitted the wealthy.
caseyjonesed@breadandcircuses the reason why is the GOP.
🐚 Undo Influence 🐚@caseyjonesed @breadandcircuses
lol. Team Blue officially condemns Socialism, sucks up gallons of corporate money, stuffs the Pentagon with millions, and claims the pandemic is over. For fuck's sake, give it a rest already.
bobocubedWhat privatized, for-profit healthcare and a pandemic will get you.
gavinisdie 
@breadandcircuses this is one of the many reasons I hate my country more and more every day
Kerry Mitchell 🍁@breadandcircuses Kinda crazy how the divergence starts in the mid eighties and just gets worse
EyalLIs there a division by red/blue states?
Erwin Rossen 🔸@breadandcircuses The linked World Bank data only runs up to 2020. Unfortunately, life expectancy also dropped for Cuba and Lebanon in 2021, even harder than for USA.
bouriquet@breadandcircuses Most of us won’t be able to afford to live much past 72 anyway.
kevin@breadandcircuses when US dips below #ukraine, you know it’s serious
Niedliche Nacktschnecke ☑️@breadandcircuses @BlackAzizAnansi hasnt the US life expectancy been lower than cuba for decades
plonksiCzechia, not Chechnya.
The state of geographic knowledge amongst US citizens would warrant another study...
@energiepirat@breadandcircuses How old is Donald Trump?
Earthling
Paul Lalonde@breadandcircuses more evidence that America is a poor country with a few very rich people. And overall it's getting poorer.
Soliyra (she/they)@breadandcircuses wow so weird I wonder what happened in 2020 🤔🤔
Lorraine Lee@breadandcircuses @moonlitfractal Whatever happened, it happened in a bigger way here. I wonder why.
David FyhrieCollapse of the health system for the rural parts of the country and in poor sections of cities is my suggestion. This is tied to the corporate model, which closes unprofitable health centers.
This isn't solvable solely by insurance reform. There would still be the desire to consolidate operations to high income areas. Most physicians and nurses prefer to live where schools are good, there are city amenities, etc. and rural operations will continue to be higher cost.
Jan Bartosik@breadandcircuses there's a robust healthcare system available to everybody over here in Czechia. I'd think our average was higher than yours.
Time to do some reading, I reckon .)
Time to do some reading, I reckon .)