Do you have affordable housing? Are your healthcare needs covered? Is your taxpayer money going to help improve your life? Is the homeless issue solved? Has your government avoided going to war? Has your government fixed the rampant racial inequality in the prison system?

I say this like it's to an American, but really it applies to most Western countries.

[–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Who is doing so much better though? It seems like most countries have similar issues and it's not really a West vs East thing. Costa Rica seems like one of the nicer places to live in the world right now, but it's a "Western" country and it's also tiny.

I look at Eastern countries like Korea and Japan and see a ton of problems with workers being abused and authoritarian legal systems. Better than the US in some ways but worse in others. I would rather live in the US despite the worse healthcare cause I don't want to work 12 hours a day.

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml -3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

China ended absolute poverty within their borders. That's 800 million people in a 40 year period.

[–] silkroadtraveler 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You’re a fool. CPC / CCP did no such thing. Plenty of starving homeless people in China to this day and zero social safety net.

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Tell me you haven't been to China without telling me you haven't been to China

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here are some of my sources.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1467-8489.12353
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264837721001411
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S019739752200128X
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13892240601062488

Please provide your sources for starving homeless legions.

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