Bill Ackman: give every American cash at birth so they can retire a millionaire

Re:Bill Ackman: give every American cash at birth so they ca... by s3r3nity on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @08:45PM (#25368500)

The population of Norway is literally 1% that of the US. MAYBE 2% if we're generous.

When you're a small, homogeneous population, you can make systems like that work. Things break down, however, for larger, more heterogeneous populations.

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Re:Bill Ackman: give every American cash at birth so they ca... by esrauch on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @08:55PM (#25368579)

This is a common complaint but I don't really understand it: American healthcare doesn't really seem to need to be "more diverse" than Nordic healthcare to me.

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Re:Bill Ackman: give every American cash at birth so they ca... by maximente on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @10:26PM (#25369282)

so is the implication that larger and/or less homogeneous populations are more at risk of breaking down? that could definitely be interpreted as not so thinly veiled racism.

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Re:Bill Ackman: give every American cash at birth so they ca... by 1shooner on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @11:05PM (#25369563)

Why are you assuming the relevant dimension is race? I would expect the more homogeneous lifestyle, environment, location, economic status, and perception of/relationship to the healthcare and educational systems would be more relevant characteristics to contrast the two populations.

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