11-20-2021, 05:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-20-2021, 05:29 PM by Eric the Green.)
(11-20-2021, 04:35 PM)beechnut79 Wrote:(11-20-2021, 03:43 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Which country is the most unequal among developed countries? Which one is "anomalously bad" as Will Steffen says here? The USA, THAT'S WHO! Because we believe this stupid nonsense that the owners and CEOs have foisted upon us, and that Republicans and some compliant Democrats who WE elected have allowed to take over our country. Conservatives in the USA and UK: look at this graph. If you don't weep-- if you don't wake up and throw out trickle-down neoliberalism that caused this-- you are SICK!This is incomplete as countries such as China and Mexico aren’t listed so we don’t know what their score is. Probably still not as low as the US but probably closer.
![[Image: health_and_unequal_countries.jpg]](https://philosopherswheel.com/health_and_unequal_countries.jpg)
This graph is specifically a measure of "OCD" countries, the most-developed ones. As Will Steffen mentions, the large developing countries like China, India, Mexico etc., sometimes called the BRICS countries, are not the ones with the biggest economic growth per capita, even despite being the ones with the biggest population growth.
But other sources can be found that list what their level of income inequality is. I have seen sources that say the inequality in China in recent years is about equal to that of the USA. It may have gotten a bit less.
Poor countries not on this map generally have higher social and health problems; we know that. But the English-speaking countries, which have fallen under the rule of neoliberals like Reagan/Bush/Trump, Thatcher/Johnson/their conservative party, and Morrison and other neoliberals in Austrailia, etc. have health and social problems much like poor countries, even though we have the most economic growth and power. That's the point!
Again, see the link here to see all the info about this situation:
https://youtu.be/HvD0TgE34HA?t=1800