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		thegrimmest on Aug 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gen Z have 86% less purchasing power compared to b... So then healthcare in the US isn't "worse", it's only worse on average. Why would the people with money ever want to change the status quo?

bawolff on Aug 16, 2022 [–]

Because in most democracies the median is what you optimize for, not the extremes, since poor and rich alike only get 1 vote each.

Additionally there are knock-on effects where lack ofgood average healthcare tends to reduce ecconomic efficiency as sick people are bad at working.

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