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Americans Can Now Expect to Live Three Years Less than Cubans (www.newsweek.com)

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[–] PostingInternational@lemmygrad.ml 48 points 2 years ago (7 children)

This is an older article. In the meantime, China did overtake the US in life expectancy.

Also, IIRC, even if you compare it by wealth, the American 10% richest live less than other “developed” countries 10%. It’s like the whole country is cursed.

[–] Twink@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean, a curse is the least they may get considering how they treat indeginous people and their country's history and present political crimes against humanity.

[–] CascadeOfLight@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

"Now I must warn you before you move in, this country is built on top of an Indian burial ground"

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