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by allendoerfer 724 days ago
"The US has a poverty problem. People are dying."

"Yeah, but just unimportant people from flyover states. We have to divide our analysis of the United States: Over here in California - you now were the people we care about live - life is just as good as in these other fancy European countries we don't look down upon."
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ffgjgf1 724 days ago
> Yeah, but just unimportant people from flyover states

That’s not what I said at all..

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allendoerfer 724 days ago
Why does it matter which Americans are dying? Other countries are not uniform either, averages are still applicable.
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ffgjgf1 724 days ago
> Why does it matter which Americans are dying?

Because they are dying due to different reasons which can’t be solved all at once using the same methods.

> averages are still applicable.

For what? What do you think is the purpose of any statistics or metrics?

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