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Totally agree. Inequality shouldn't matter if people's purchasing power and quality of life has improved significantly regardless. Life expectancy in the US has improved dramatically over time (https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040079/life-expectancy-...). The US also has one of the highest GDP PPP per capita in the world despite being one of the largest by population (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)...). And worldwide, extreme poverty has also gone down significantly over time (https://fee.org/articles/extreme-poverty-rates-plummet-under...).

The tendency of younger generations to demonize America's economic systems and conditions really seems to be the result of widespread envy as well as ignorance to how poorly alternative systems function. Perhaps this is because socialist/Marxist nations were once the subject of recent history, but now are turning into forgotten ancient history. My feeling is that this envious focus on inequality is also a symptom of the relative luxury of this time period. A populace whose needs are met can afford to attend college for years, getting degrees that aren't valuable, then argue that they are victims, and then spend excessive time on manufactured outrage in a life that is remarkably easy.

Real poverty is incredibly rare in America. Anyone who has traveled to developing countries knows this. We have a system that innovates remarkably well and has lifted quality of life worldwide. This focus on relative inequality does not make sense.



Standard of living has stagnated in most of our lifetimes, causing extreme disillusionment and blind rage




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