Comment by allarm
4 days ago
> the median American generally has q higher standards of livin than the resident of pretty much any major country (including Europe)
If you say so. I visit the U.S. quite often, and the homeless and mentally ill people on the streets there don’t seem particularly happy. I haven’t seen anything like this on such a scale either in the country where I was born, in the countries where I used to live, or in the country where I live now. But yes, the index suggest otherwise, so I suppose it’s just my misconception, sure.
Yes, that’s exactly what I said. The median and above are doing very well in relative terms, the bottom line 10 percent or so are often doing much worse compared to other developed countries.
> I suppose it’s just my misconception, sure.
I don’t think you are actually arguing with me.
> I don’t think you are actually arguing with me.
I'm not. I just know for a fact that statistics (and indexes) are lies.