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Re:The Importance of Being Idle by hhlevnjak2 on Thursday April 09, 2026 @08:44AM (#47702985)
Not sure if up to date anymore, but if you look at some samples like here, at equivalent adjusted income levels, people across the world have similar standards of living regardless of where they live.

https://www.gapminder.org/dollar-street

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Re:The Importance of Being Idle by ernst_klim on Thursday April 09, 2026 @09:03AM (#47703182)
> at equivalent adjusted income levels

What is equivalent adjusted income level? PPP between Russia and USA is around 1.8. Median annual salary in the US is $57 ($1196 per week), median salary in Russia is $13200. Even if you adjust it, it's roughly two times smaller.

As someone who lived in a bunch of countries, some rich and some poor, no, living standards among the avg. Joes of the world are not even remotely the same.

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Re:The Importance of Being Idle by hhlevnjak2 on Monday April 13, 2026 @04:25AM (#47749286)
It doesn't say it is. It says at equivalent income. Average in US is still higher/better than the average in Russia.
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