• BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Life expectancy in the US is currently dropping for the first time in decades. “line go up” isn’t always a valid way of determining quality of life, but in the instance of life expectancy, I would say it is. Also, America is getting worse in basically every metric we can use to measure quality of life. Is “line go down” not a valid way of assessing quality of life either?

      • Plus_a_Grain_of_Salt@beehaw.org
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        2 years ago

        You beat me to the punch regarding the US life expectancy rate lol, but I kinda agree with both of you right now. Life expectancy can imply quality of certain aspects of life; like medical care and availability, but it isn’t the end all be all to a quality life. To me it’s just a factor, not a determining factor.