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		JumpCrisscross 80 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 'Europe must ban American Big Tech and create a Eu... > Would you not agree that the bottom 95% of Americans have poor mortality versus most Europeans, based on this data? Compared with EU Europeans, yes. I don’t think it’s controversial to say that similarly-wealthy Europeans are healthier than their American counterparts. > we should not be including them for comparison of majority outcomes OP made a statement about the rich in America doing worse than the poor in Europe.

anthk 80 days ago [–]

Pure salary is not everything. Healthcare matters. And diet/nutrition too.

It doesn't matter if your salaries are higher when your healthcare it's subpar (and more expensive) and tons of food additives are hazardous.

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