alt Hacker News> you, me, and so many people in the United States still have a far better quality of life and level of freedom than most people in China
Whether this is true or not is still open to debate, but the fact that it’s presented as some kind of absolute truth that needs no substantiation is simply ridiculous.
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Well no.. regardless of anything else the median American generally has q higher standards of livin than the resident of pretty much any major country (including Europe). While compared to e.g. Germany or France those in the lower percentiles are probably doing worse China specifically still has a huge amount of poverty. Even if you happen to be legally allowed to live in one of the major cities and have a decent job.. well 966 is still a thing and you don’t get paid $500k like the OpenAI employees allegedly forced to sleep under their desks.
Quality of life seems clear enough to assert:
https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings_by_country.j...
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/standard-...
Freedom is harder to quantify and certainly the US is regressing quickly, so China may well become more free without any domestic policy changes.