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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

The US ranks below many nations not considered developed as well. I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make.

I cited two metrics, not one: maternal mortality and life expectancy. The US is also in the bottom 60 for income inequality.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (11 children)

You made a claim first, so you should provide your citation first as well.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How is it better? Several people have pointed out that standards of living in the United States are well below most developed nations. There US ranks 48th in the world in life expectancy, and 66th in the world in maternal mortality, behind Egypt, Ukraine, Lebanon, Romania, and… the Gaza Strip.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The accusations date to 2010 and he gave up his citizenship in 2012.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (6 children)

You didn’t read story. The alleged crimes happened while he was still a US citizen.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (13 children)

They do not. For a given power input they produce less airflow at lower velocity than a regular fan. They’re a complete scam.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Have you missed the last week of news? The funding was stripped out of the original budget, which had already gone through bipartisan negotiation and had support from both parties, because Trump and Elon Musk coerced their party into rejecting it.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The legislature creates the budget, not the presidency. And the legislature is controlled by Republicans.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Netanyahu likes to watch

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

If true, that would still make it not quite as bad as Twitter.

Do you have citations to support any of your claims?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

This is materially incorrect in multiple ways.

  1. The Economist’s reporting is widely recognized for its absence of bias.
  2. I’m not sure what you’re criticizing about the leaders. They are well-reported opinion pieces intended to provide a comprehensive overview of an issue, hence why they seem like “truncated versions” of articles.
  3. The “snippets of opinion” to which you refer are reporting on public opinion. I thought that was obvious.
[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This is false. It still has areas in which it could improve, but it is a thousand times better than twitter.

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