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Re:Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam... by MomoXenosaga on Sunday October 09, 2022 @04:29PM (#33145015)
Depends, America is a good place for the upper middle class and a paradise for millionaires. The rest of society-the majority lest we forget- is not so well off.
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Re:Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam... by astrange on Sunday October 09, 2022 @08:10PM (#33146532)
It's about the bottom 10th percentile in the US that's worse off. The American middle class (median household) is better off than almost any other country, and that's including healthcare costs. We're so rich it makes up for all our other problems!

https://twitter.com/CPopeHC/status/1466794872648650752

https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:best,fl_pr...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OECD_Better_Life_Index#2020

I think a more interesting point is that people in the UK and Japan specifically are poorer than you'd think they are. And they don't have working clothes dryers either.

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