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by throw0101c
146 days ago
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> All of those are true, yet the US's (PPP-adjusted) per capita GDP was over 37% higher than the EU's in 2024 [0], and GDP growth has significantly outpaced the EU for years. And? So what? What has that gotten the US? Lower life expectancy, higher infant/maternal mortality, higher (violent) crime, and generally much less happiness with life: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report Getting more GDP/money is not the goal in itself: money is a tool to get other things (health, happiness, etc). |
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Its billionaires are richer. Does anything else really matter?