the rest is a load of crap that is just solving problems created by industrialization and modernization
1. Completely misrepresent someone else's perspective
2. Always use an industrialized western perspective as a synonym for what is unequivocally good, without any inspection or consideration. Disregard anything else.
3. Worship at the altar of the information technology industry
Who do you think has driven modern medicine and how do you get advanced healthcare without industrialization?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle
next up, a total lovefest, icbms firing thermonuclear bombs?
google Gandhi Western civilization good idea
The shift away from manufacturing jobs to service jobs also played a role, along with the population boom in major cities.
The cities/countries with the highest standards of living all seemingly exist in Europe.
EDIT To Add: look at the revolting against McDonald's to see my point. Taking your family to mcdonalds used to be something you didn't really need to think about. Not anymore.
Using the Human Development Index (HDI) as a passable proxy for standard of living:
Mississippi has an HDI of 0.866, about the same as Portugal and somewhat higher than Bulgaria (the lowest HDI in the EU) at 0.799.
Massachusetts has an HDI of 0.949, which is about the same as Germany and only a tiny bit lower than #1 Switzerland's 0.967.
In other words: both Europe and the US span a wide range of HDI scores, but the European Union has a wider range in both directions. Europe is both better and worse than the US, depending on where in Europe and where in the US you're talking about.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Dev...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ...
I'm aware of the criticism of Apples to Oranges. I assume given such a basic level of criticism on any comparison between the US and Europe that it's no longer remotely relevant because to any study ranking would clearly account for that.
Oxford Economics just released their 1000 cities index, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-21/new-york-...
The US dominated in the economic advantage, and europe dominated in the quality of life index.
Cultural attitudes certainly, particularly around work vs leisure. Also mass transit systems, and social supports for people working in the service industry.
The criticisms for europe are that it takes a lot of tax revenue to support those things, bureaucracy, strikes, etc.
Im not saying one system is better than the other--just that in the US, despite our massive economic might, our standard of living sucks.
It's just that the USA has accumulated a number of unfair advantages.
Nah we already exceeded WW2.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/mental-health/cdc-data-finds-...
> but available data suggests suicides are more common in the U.S. than at any time since the dawn of World War II.
>U.S. suicides steadily rose from the early 2000s until 2018, when the national rate hit its highest level since 1941.
I guess we still haven't exceeded the Great Depression rates but it's really not that hard of a target
EDIT: The comment I replied to has been edited in multiple ways since I replied, so the text in quotes above is no longer present. The comment previously indicated that we had already exceeded "the world wars" (not just WW2) and that we were "really not that far off" from the rates of the Great Depression.
Slight meta tangent: OP, in general it's considered good form to reply to people who reply to you rather than just modifying your comment. Calling out edits explicitly (like I've done here) after you've received replies is also considered good form.
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