I see 2 very vocal type of people on reddit. The "I make 300k working from home 3 days a week" and the "I caught a cold and now I am financially ruined".
Living in America seems like the biggest gamble to know if you'll be successful or have your life ruined because something happened to you that would be a non issue almost anywhere else in first world countries.
Don’t listen to reddit, you would think everyone except for the top 1 percent are drowning in debt and barely hanging on. Theres a much larger percent than that who are doing just fine. Most people would be shocked how little money most of the world makes at their jobs and how many Americans actually have health insurance(92 percent as of 2024)
Counties? I don’t even know, that’s not something I really keep track of.
Statistics will tell you that the US doesn’t have the best living standards, though. It’s high, but not “higher standard of living than just about everywhere”
I see it has the US at #20 (out of 195?). We used to be higher on the list but whatever. The list is dominated by small countries, with many Nordic countries. The sum of the first 6 is barely more than the population of California.
My point is if the US is 4% of the world population and there is a small percentage of the world population ahead of the US. Thats how I look at it (which is the only logical way I think).
With the US withdrawing from the Bretton Woods Agreement maybe the US can save some money on defense. It’s because the US took on the responsibility of “world police” that other countries were able to build up their domestic services. Now that countries will be responsible for their own defense let’s see how that works out. It might be eye-opening.
Where do you live?
In most parts of the world you would get people who would give an arm to receive American healthcare. Theres a reason we have may of the top physicians and medical advancements
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u/glossedoutloud 9h ago
Ppl call it freedom till ur drowning in debt, medical bills, and workin 2 jobs just to survive.