Statistics show that the death rate for all possible causes has declined in the US for the period 1916 to 2023. — Agent Smith
Statistics show — Agent Smith
Both issues are a direct result of neoliberalism. — Mikie
There will always be boxes to carry, buttons to push, cartons to fill, or whatever. — Hanover
Show those statistics.
Statistics show that 97% of claims prefaced by 'Statistics show' are a steaming pile of male bovine excrement. The other 3% already show their statistics. — unenlightened
So you think the statistics is bull!? — Agent Smith
No. I think the word 'statistics' used without any statistics or reference to statistics is bull. Hence my, by my own criterion, unbelievable comment — unenlightened
Are you trying to explain that suicide or drug overdoses have as a common cause the failure of a economical system? — javi2541997
opiates are more necessary than you think, they are helpful to people struggling with a lot of pain — javi2541997
I am not agree with the fact that I am depressed or have suicidal risk because I live in a savage capitalist country. — javi2541997
Mental health is more complex. Neoliberalism could be a factor, as you explained. But not the main cause. I doubt (a lot) if removing such system the people would feel better. — javi2541997
Statistics show that the death rate for all possible causes has declined in the US for the period 1916 to 2023. What have you to say about that. — Agent Smith
Whatever increase in despair there is, and I've not conceded it without first seeing the data, is probably quite complex and doesn't fit neatly into wherever our biases might lie (the economic system, civil rights violations, guns, drugs, single parent homes, poverty, bullying, etc), but is many of those for some, different from others, and who knows what else. — Hanover
Neoliberalism is, at best, an ideology. — Pantagruel
As for the specific statistic I mentioned, it's odd that you didn't ask the OP to verify his very statistical claim. — Agent Smith
The working class is no longer needed, therefore it must cease to exist. — unenlightened
Drug overdose deaths.More Americans died of gun-related injuries in 2020 than in any other year on record
No, it's not only an ideology. It's a set of real policies enacted by real people — Mikie
No doubt there are policies that could be described as neo-liberal in character. That doesn't mean they are being controlled by some underlying neo-liberal agenda. — Pantagruel
Both issues are a direct result of neoliberalism. — Mikie
f you are attempting to blame a specific set of people for a broad range of social ills then I would say the validity of your characterization speaks for itself. Let me guess, you are not a neo-liberal? — Pantagruel
cause of poverty, which is the mal-distribution of resources. — Pantagruel
Because it saps all of our precious bodily fluids. — Ciceronianus
Neoliberalism is the set of policies mentioned, enacted over the last 40 years, with predictable results.
The people in government and business carrying out these policies are indeed to blame— whether they identify as neoliberal or not. — Mikie
If the above connection isn’t being made, you’ve failed the test. — Mikie
no connection between “neoliberalism” and a single feeling of despair has been made, much less to any number of them—nor could it. — NOS4A2
The materialistic and selfish quality of contemporary life is not inherent in the human condition. Much of what appears “natural” today dates from the 1980s: the obsession with wealth creation the cult of privatization and the private sector the growing disparities of rich and poor. And above all the rhetoric that accompanies these: uncritical admiration for unfettered markets disdain for the public sector the delusion of endless growth. — Tom Storm
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