Researchers found low concentrations of so-called forever chemicals in various "eco-friendly" straws, raising doubts about whether they're an appropriate alternative.

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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Virtually everything Freud thought up has been debunked. He's influential in the field because he was early.

Capitalism is working quite well at its intended purpose of transferring wealth to the capitalists, but it's not working for everyone else. It's been an issue before the naked money-grabbing "inflation" of the pandemic, it's just become even more apparent now. The insane wealth difference was already insane prior, it's just gotten even more insane.

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    If it can't be debunked then it's pseudoscience. Science requires a hypothesis be falsifiable. The quality of life in America is beaten by several countries. Take a look at any quality of life ranking. Here are a few: https://www.worlddata.info/quality-of-life.php https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/standard-of-living-by-country https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings/quality-of-life https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings_by_country.jsp

    The US doesn't crack top ten in any of these. Look at life expectancy: https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/ https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN?most_recent_value_desc=true

    Asking for a country that "isn't capitalism" is a trick question because a lot of these quality of life improvements come from socialist policies.

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    The quality of life in America is second to none.

    This was your claim and I debunked it very easily. Do you think government-provided healthcare is capitalism? The US does spend a lot of money, but that doesn't prove anything other than the US having a lot of money.

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    I've offered rankings based on metrics, you've just offered your opinion, but somehow you think others are arguing based on feelings. People trying to move to the US just means places that are worse exist. No one is arguing against this. What part of government-provided health care is capitalism?

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    Economics and politics are tightly intertwined. Economics is essentially how resources are distributed.

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    Okay, so by your definition, government-provided healthcare is not "people take money and start businesses" thus the quality of life increases are not attributable to capitalism.

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