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Mostly valid criticism, but the poorest American is still one of the richest people in the world despite our kneecapping of the housing market and insufficient social safety nets.
Also has literally nothing to do with capitalism, since this isn't a thing inherent to all capitalist countries.
Okay, but what does that mean when the average American has a notably lower quality of life than competing poorer nations? Because that sounds like typical "starving kids in Africa have it worse, stop complaining" thought-terminating cliches that serve to end a discussion rather than find possible solutions.
Gonna need to see a citation on that claim there chief
On my phone so I can't do tons of research, but if you want the long short then just go here and check how many countries ranked higher than America that have lower GDP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report#2023_report
Of course you can nitpick certain stats to no end, so I'll primarily focus on the disparity of
-Annual vacation days
-Public healthcare
-Public transportation, and
-Public education
that the average American has compared to other developed nations
Happiness and QOL are not directly related, and happiness is much more of a cultural thing than a cost of living thing.
I'm all for the bullets you list but that doesn't make these concepts shared ideas.