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by keybored 560 days ago
> The thing about the US is that it's very unevenly distributed. So it depends on what you'd be doing and how much money you'd be making / already have.

The Veil of Ignorance, anyone? Even invented by an American.

People here need to consider the state of a society without spending 80% of the bytes on the what-if of being a 135+ IQ individual with a passion that coincides with the work tasks of amazingly successful megacorporations based on the West Coast. At least when we’re supposed to be talking in the abstract.
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0xDEAFBEAD 559 days ago
>The Veil of Ignorance, anyone? Even invented by an American.

As long as we're talking about the veil of ignorance, let's also consider the "veil of birth country ignorance". What if you were born in Africa?

From that perspective, one of the most altruistic things a developed country can do, arguably, is increase its rate of immigration from developing countries.

Of course, if you do that, your average citizen gets poorer ;-)

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keybored 559 days ago
That’s not exactly the only condition. You also have to not frick with other countries. Like e.g. France’s Neocolonialism.

There are other examples.

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majormajor 560 days ago
The tipping point is much closer to the median than that.

A lot of US cities and burbs like Dallas, Phoenix, Atlanta, are full of people who aren't super-genius-tech-bro-200k+ but aren't one illness away from catastrophe. Working boring-ass office jobs with decent - not spectacular, but with solid pros-and-cons even compared to Canada next door - benefits.

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trgn 560 days ago
I live in flyover country and people like their Healthcare here just fine and you don't need 6fig salary
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Foreignborn 560 days ago
I only hear that from people on Medicare and Medicaid, and certain areas if they’re covered by the VA. Maybe ACA plans if they’re low income.

I definitely don’t hear that from the middle. I definitely don’t hear that from travel nurses or truck drivers. No one has ever said that about COBRA.

And this isn’t getting into average wait times for specialist appointments (though other countries deal with this too.)

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