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0 pointsbmitc1y ago0 comments

> Many people are unhappy when they discover that a middle class lifestyle requires work.

I'm just going to stop responding, but I have to call this out. This statement shows a complete disregard and a total lack of empathy for those in the lower middle class and below in the United States. You need to take a step back and understand just how hard people have it in this country.

For example, read this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4856058/

From the article:

> In contrast, there is tremendous inequality within the US, with lower socioeconomic status groups experiencing much higher postneonatal mortality rates.

They even go on to eventually claim that the U.S. actually has an advantage during the neonatal period, which is the first four weeks of life, but has abysmal mortality pre-birth and postneonatal compared to peer countries. The reason, one could surmise, is that neonatal is when people actually see doctors. For lower socioeconomic status, the first time they might be seeing an OBGYN is when they go to the emergency room for birth due to lack of insurance, income, education, and other socioeconomic factors.

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WalterBright1y ago

I grew up in a lower middle class family. Here's the formula for middle class and higher success in America:

1. stay in school

2. pay attention in school, learn the material

3. don't do drugs

4. don't do crimes

5. go to college (loans are readily available)

6. pick a major that pays well

It's not rocket science.

Your cite says that the differences in infant mortality shrink considerably when taking into account differential criteria for infant mortality. What the study does not address is drug abuse by the mother. The paper assumes differences are due to differential health care, rather than different lifestyle choices. Lifestyle that affects infant mortality include:

1. drug abuse

2. smoking

3. obesity

4. diet

5. alcohol use

6. absence of fathers (i.e. lack of stable family)

7. age of mother

These are all significant factors, and ignoring them and blaming the health care system is not good enough.

bmitcOP1y ago

The formula is: be white, be male (most of the time), be born middle class.

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