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minus-squarepetersr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down2·1 year agoIn that aspect I see the US as a developing country.
minus-squarekadotux@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoI sometimes refer the US in discussions as “worlds richest 3rd world country”
minus-squarex4740N@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoA third world country wearing a gucchi belt
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoI’m thinking of calling it the post-developed country where all the goodwill of the generations past rotted into a nasty, greedy mess
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoAh, but our healthcare system is the best in the world—for shareholders. It’s a highly advanced system for extracting money from people with health problems.
In that aspect I see the US as a developing country.
I sometimes refer the US in discussions as “worlds richest 3rd world country”
Exactly!
A third world country wearing a gucchi belt
I’m thinking of calling it the post-developed country where all the goodwill of the generations past rotted into a nasty, greedy mess
So a cautionary tale?
Ah, but our healthcare system is the best in the world—for shareholders. It’s a highly advanced system for extracting money from people with health problems.