• stappern@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    70 percent of people in the EU own homes. In the US it’s 65 percent.

    how many people own a home is not a measure of anything…

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      1 year ago

      Yes it is? It’s a measure of how many people were able to purchase a home.

      This is directly relevant to this post, which say that modern day Americans can’t dental insurance, much less homes.

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        1 year ago

        Yes it is? It’s a measure of how many people were able to purchase a home.

        which doesnt say anything about the economic conditions of a country.

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          The above meme:

          My parents in their thirties: Let’s buy this house.

          Me in my thirties: I can’t afford teeth.

          As I said, that is BS.

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            1 year ago

            my man its clearly made more absurd for comedic purposes this community is called Memes not “100% realistic comic depictions of economic conditions”, you cant deny health insurance is a big problem for many people in US.

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                So since you feel they’re taking it at face value, that means you should take it at face value too? People have tried making light of their issues to comedic effect to cope with the struggles for a long time. So this feels like a weirdly personal high horse position you’re taking.

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        1 year ago

        seriously, if you follow that as economic indicator italy is better off than germany XD