▲ 255 ▼ important rulepost (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by dsmaster7173@lemmy.world to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone 210 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] NoTime@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) How a lot of you sound permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Silverstrings@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) No one is suggesting that the states the authoritarian communists replaced were good or functional, just that they failed to actually uplift and make people's lives better. There's nothing to admire about one oppressive state being replaced by another. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] XiaoHei@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Silverstrings@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 years ago (2 children) Oh so 'line go up' is suddenly a valid way of determining a country's quality of life now? Guess America must be a paradise then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Life expectancy in the US is currently dropping for the first time in decades. "line go up" isn't always a valid way of determining quality of life, but in the instance of life expectancy, I would say it is. Also, America is getting worse in basically every metric we can use to measure quality of life. Is "line go down" not a valid way of assessing quality of life either? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Plus_a_Grain_of_Salt@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago You beat me to the punch regarding the US life expectancy rate lol, but I kinda agree with both of you right now. Life expectancy can imply quality of certain aspects of life; like medical care and availability, but it isn't the end all be all to a quality life. To me it's just a factor, not a determining factor. permalink fedilink source parent [–] merpthebirb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Silverstrings@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) No one is suggesting that the states the authoritarian communists replaced were good or functional, just that they failed to actually uplift and make people's lives better. There's nothing to admire about one oppressive state being replaced by another. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] XiaoHei@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Silverstrings@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 years ago (2 children) Oh so 'line go up' is suddenly a valid way of determining a country's quality of life now? Guess America must be a paradise then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Life expectancy in the US is currently dropping for the first time in decades. "line go up" isn't always a valid way of determining quality of life, but in the instance of life expectancy, I would say it is. Also, America is getting worse in basically every metric we can use to measure quality of life. Is "line go down" not a valid way of assessing quality of life either? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Plus_a_Grain_of_Salt@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago You beat me to the punch regarding the US life expectancy rate lol, but I kinda agree with both of you right now. Life expectancy can imply quality of certain aspects of life; like medical care and availability, but it isn't the end all be all to a quality life. To me it's just a factor, not a determining factor. permalink fedilink source parent [–] merpthebirb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ permalink fedilink source parent
[+] XiaoHei@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Silverstrings@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 years ago (2 children) Oh so 'line go up' is suddenly a valid way of determining a country's quality of life now? Guess America must be a paradise then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Life expectancy in the US is currently dropping for the first time in decades. "line go up" isn't always a valid way of determining quality of life, but in the instance of life expectancy, I would say it is. Also, America is getting worse in basically every metric we can use to measure quality of life. Is "line go down" not a valid way of assessing quality of life either? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Plus_a_Grain_of_Salt@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago You beat me to the punch regarding the US life expectancy rate lol, but I kinda agree with both of you right now. Life expectancy can imply quality of certain aspects of life; like medical care and availability, but it isn't the end all be all to a quality life. To me it's just a factor, not a determining factor. permalink fedilink source parent [–] merpthebirb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Silverstrings@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 years ago (2 children) Oh so 'line go up' is suddenly a valid way of determining a country's quality of life now? Guess America must be a paradise then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Life expectancy in the US is currently dropping for the first time in decades. "line go up" isn't always a valid way of determining quality of life, but in the instance of life expectancy, I would say it is. Also, America is getting worse in basically every metric we can use to measure quality of life. Is "line go down" not a valid way of assessing quality of life either? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Plus_a_Grain_of_Salt@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago You beat me to the punch regarding the US life expectancy rate lol, but I kinda agree with both of you right now. Life expectancy can imply quality of certain aspects of life; like medical care and availability, but it isn't the end all be all to a quality life. To me it's just a factor, not a determining factor. permalink fedilink source parent [–] merpthebirb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Life expectancy in the US is currently dropping for the first time in decades. "line go up" isn't always a valid way of determining quality of life, but in the instance of life expectancy, I would say it is. Also, America is getting worse in basically every metric we can use to measure quality of life. Is "line go down" not a valid way of assessing quality of life either? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Plus_a_Grain_of_Salt@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago You beat me to the punch regarding the US life expectancy rate lol, but I kinda agree with both of you right now. Life expectancy can imply quality of certain aspects of life; like medical care and availability, but it isn't the end all be all to a quality life. To me it's just a factor, not a determining factor. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Plus_a_Grain_of_Salt@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago You beat me to the punch regarding the US life expectancy rate lol, but I kinda agree with both of you right now. Life expectancy can imply quality of certain aspects of life; like medical care and availability, but it isn't the end all be all to a quality life. To me it's just a factor, not a determining factor. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merpthebirb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ permalink fedilink source parent
