A lot of predictions like this are based on the idea that money buys or reflects competence Of course the richest countries with the most equipment that can hire the best experts are the most prepared, how could they not be For better or for worse, that's not how it works https://t.co/n3rUGtBGIE
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I would even say that there's an inverse effect here, that obviously the US's dire state is built partly on the smug overconfidence our wealth has given our leaders and partly on the grinding inequality that high GDP is built upon
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There's no fear, there's no urgency, because wealthy Americans go through life with this huge confidence that everything will turn out fine for them and any negative consequences for their actions can be diverted onto someone poorer
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