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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 May 2020

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Yahoo Finance

    Why would you want to be born in a country that has the highest rate of infant mortality among any of the rich nations? If you are in baby Heaven, you'd be well advised to be born in Sweden or Japan.https://twitter.com/YahooFinance/status/1256692459935076353 …

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    Highlight: "If you were to pick one time to be born and one place to be born and you didn't know what your sex was going to be, … intelligence…special talents… you would not pick 1720… 1820… 1920… you would pick today, and you would pick America," Warren Buffett says. pic.twitter.com/DOAzGswp0t
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      2.  💉 💉 💉Covid Shot Szn  💉 💉 💉‏ @KevinLindsay 2 May 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Well...maybe not sweden right now...

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 May 2020
        Replying to @KevinLindsay

        fair.

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      2. Jon‏ @jons6111 2 May 2020
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        no like the other one

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      2. Jon‏ @jons6111 2 May 2020

        yea it is. IF the thought experiment is "if you didn't know who your parents would be and you could only pick what country you are born in, which would it be" America ain't it. And this isn't trivial, it's an important thought experiment.

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      1. Horned_Owl‏ @Horned_OwlJA 2 May 2020
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        And, for most American babies who survive past one, their chances of working for an outfit like WalMart are infinitely higher than ever earning a millionth of what Buffet makes.

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      1. Molotov Rouge‏ @MolotovRouge 2 May 2020
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        Any of the Nordic countries are far superior to America in almost every way.

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      1. Canidae 🆘 🌻 💙 💛‏ @scruffage 2 May 2020
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        I agree, Jeet. This makes no sense from a public health point of view, nor from an educational one, either, unless you are very wealthy. Otherwise, we are lagging badly, unfortunately. We have a high rate of functional illiteracy and terrible healthcare for mothers and babies.

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      1. Jon‏ @jons6111 2 May 2020
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        Uhhhh Japan would be unappealing for other reasons - like having to deal with the consequence of a population crunch. Sweden's a good one, though might as well pick Norway at that point and benefit from the oil fund.

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