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[-] Potatisen@lemmy.world 48 points 4 months ago

Feel like US is 15 years behind on a lot of things, education, healthcare, social programs, infrastructure maintenance, etc.

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 13 points 4 months ago

I think you're missing a digit there.

[-] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Capitalism only functions in an environment of competition. Because of our absolute domination of the Soviet Union, we've had no need to improve.

There's a reason wages were so high back in the day compared to now. It's because if people didn't get paid what they were owed, then we would lose mindshare to communism.

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