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“For the first time in recent history, the average Canadian is richer than the average American.”
-- Stephan Marche
So, what is supposed to be the big advantage in America's more ruthless capitalism? Of course, it is that the rich are richer in America - yay for freedom! Good for the rich, but what about us? To which the rich would say, "What about you?"
In the linked article exploring the issue, it is noted that, in terms of median income, America actually trails behind every developed nation in the world except Sweden and Denmark. Moreover, "The UK, Japan, Italy (!) and Australia more than double the U.S. median." I love the exclamation mark next to Italy. Seriously, this makes me wonder about the statistic. I tend to think of Italy has being a little third-worldish, but they actually double our median income figure!? I guess America may be even more third-worldish.
One could wish that this would administer a wake-up call to Americans, that we are not the best and richest in the world, like a rude electric shock, but I am afraid that they would say this is what happens when you elect a socialist Kenyan to the White House, and that we need to favor the rich even more! Well, this is why I cannot take politics very seriously anymore, regarding it as the tragic theater of the absurd, as with life in general.
-- Stephan Marche
So, what is supposed to be the big advantage in America's more ruthless capitalism? Of course, it is that the rich are richer in America - yay for freedom! Good for the rich, but what about us? To which the rich would say, "What about you?"
In the linked article exploring the issue, it is noted that, in terms of median income, America actually trails behind every developed nation in the world except Sweden and Denmark. Moreover, "The UK, Japan, Italy (!) and Australia more than double the U.S. median." I love the exclamation mark next to Italy. Seriously, this makes me wonder about the statistic. I tend to think of Italy has being a little third-worldish, but they actually double our median income figure!? I guess America may be even more third-worldish.
One could wish that this would administer a wake-up call to Americans, that we are not the best and richest in the world, like a rude electric shock, but I am afraid that they would say this is what happens when you elect a socialist Kenyan to the White House, and that we need to favor the rich even more! Well, this is why I cannot take politics very seriously anymore, regarding it as the tragic theater of the absurd, as with life in general.
