Living in the US is like having a super-dangerous job

[Yerda]

Doing the math, the wage premium that would be needed to take on the extra risk of being a working-age American, compared to the EU, is somewhere between $10000/yr and $40000/yr.

Living in the US is like having a super-dangerous job

There’s been a lot of recent discussion about relative economic performance of the EU and US as well as (mostly separately) discussion of differences in mortality rates. One way to integrate the two is to think of living in the US as a (very) dangerous occupation, and think about the wage...

johnquigginblog.substack.com

Interesting way of looking at it.

 

[Estro Felino]

Americans accept passively

Look at the French. They courageously and fiercely protest on the street, because workers' dignity is not on sale.
People cannot be squeezed like lemons and then thrown away, in the trashcan.

Americans have never made a revolution.
This mystifies me.

 

[Revoltingest]

Americans have never made a revolution.

We already did.
And we kicked British pigu.

Anyway, I find the OP's link to be rather misleading
because it doesn't relate to actual dangers of jobs.
Click baitie, eh. The biggest problem appears to be
being black & male. So I recommend being a white
wealthy female Ameristanian.

 

[Estro Felino]

We already did.
And we kicked British pigu.

...and that's it.
The French have had 5 republics because they made 5 revolutions.

 

[Revoltingest]

...and that's it.
The French have had 5 republics because they made 5 revolutions.

They keep doing it wrong.
They're still unhappy.

 

[Estro Felino]

They keep doing it wrong.
They're still unhappy.

Or us Italians... in 1922 all the people and the army marched towards Rome, united. And the king, isolated and with few troops was forced to appease the masses and to nominate as PM you know whom.
So they know what can happen when the populace goes wild.

 

[Revoltingest]

Or us Italians... in 1922 all the people and the army marched towards Rome, united. And the king, isolated and with few troops was forced to appease the masses and to nominate as PM you know whom.
So they know what can happen when the people goes wild.

If we ever endure another revolution, I'd prefer
it to happen after the MAGAs & socialists die off.

 

[Shaul]

...and that's it.
The French have had 5 republics because they made 5 revolutions.

If you do it right you only need one.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Americans accept passively

Look at the French. They courageously and fiercely protest on the street, because workers' dignity is not on sale.
People cannot be squeezed like lemons and then thrown away, in the trashcan.

Americans have never made a revolution.
This mystifies me.

Americans are like truckers.

Can't agree on anything as a group.

 

[Estro Felino]

If you do it right you only need one.

The élites need to be put in their place, every now and then.

 

[Estro Felino]

Americans are like truckers.

Can't agree on anything as a group.

They need to develop a self-awareness as Nation.

 

[Father Heathen]

Americans accept passively

Look at the French. They courageously and fiercely protest on the street, because workers' dignity is not on sale.
People cannot be squeezed like lemons and then thrown away, in the trashcan.

Americans have never made a revolution.
This mystifies me.

Because people have been brainwashed by the right into believing such actions are communist.

 

[Father Heathen]

They need to develop a self-awareness as Nation.

Then there never would've been a president Trump nor any of the other figures you've swooned over.

 

[Estro Felino]

Then there never would've been a president Trump nor any of the other figures you've swooned over.

As you know, I endorsed a democrat, RFK Jr. And you love dems.
You are never happy...with me...

 

[Revoltingest]

The élites need to be put in their place, every now and then.

A very authoritarian view, ie, that this or that
despised group needs to be "put in their place".
But I agree regarding one group...
Authoritarians should be put in their place, ie,
not in control of others.

 

[Father Heathen]

As you know, I endorsed a democrat, RFK Jr. And you love dems.
You are never happy...with me...

I love Dems? Do I?

No, I just consider them the "lesser evil".

And RFK Jr. Is a science denier and Putin apologist. Two big red flags.

 

[Estro Felino]

A very authoritarian view, ie, that this or that
despised group needs to be "put in their place".
But I agree regarding one group...
Authoritarians should be put in their place, ie,
not in control of others.

Perpetrators cannot be considered victims.

John Goodman is the élites (banking and financial élites) whereas his family is the populace.

 

[Revoltingest]

Perpetrators cannot be considered victims.

John Goodman is the élites (banking and financial élites) whereas his family is the populace.

Bankers (private ones, not government ones)
are wonderful people who enable investment.
Government is the enemy of business, except
for those in bed with politicians, eg, Musk.

 

[Estro Felino]

Bankers (private ones, not government ones)
are wonderful people who enable investment.
Government is the enemy of business, except
for those in bed with politicians, eg, Musk.

State-owned banks don't have the obsession with the profit maximization, but they entirely focus on creating social justice.

Privates owning private banks couldn't care less about social justice or common welfare.

 

[Estro Felino]

I love Dems? Do I?

No, I just consider them the "lesser evil".

And RFK Jr. Is a science denier and Putin apologist. Two big red flags.

Honestly I don't understand why some leftists adore certain élites who proclaim themselves socialists, but actually serve bankers and billionaires. And their interests.
You can call silver gold. It still is silver.