There’s Something Very Dark Happening to Millennials and Gen Z Adults
slate.com
America is not a good place to be an early adult.
  • ileftreddit@piefed.socialEnglish
    1642·
    23 hours ago

    There is no universal healthcare in the US. To debate any other reason for mortality is flagrant disregard for the truth.

    • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
      631·
      23 hours ago

      There’s that, but there’s also drug overdoses, traffic fatalities, health issues, suicide, violent crime…

      The US is a dangerous place in many ways, it would seem.

        • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          262·
          21 hours ago

          From an outsider’s POV (I’m Canadian) I see 2 main causes: private for-profit healthcare and almost unlimited access to guns.

          Fixing those two would go a long way towards changing the death rate.

          • marron12@lemmy.world
            41·
            20 hours ago

            Well, there’s that, and also

            • Having to work really long hours to try to make ends meet
            • Being underpaid
            • No or minimal time off work (vacation and sick time both, and sometimes even medical leave doesn’t protect you all that much)
            • Poor worker’s rights in general
            • Crushing cost of housing
            • Crushing cost of education
            • Food and everything else you need to live is getting more expensive all the time, and the quality often goes down
            • Poor quality of medical care (on top of the exorbitant cost)
            • Not being able to spend much time with friends and family because they’re all drowning in work or otherwise struggling
            • Thinking about the number of friends and family who have killed themselves, come close, or are likely to try