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But their life expectancy is lower and elder people live with their their children. They have no healthcare and a low level education.

All these things make it so that a person or family is much more independent of their government.

They might have more free time but they don't have a lot of the other things that contribute to the quality of life we have in the western world.

It's disingenuous to think that it is possible to have a universal salary while maintaining a decent quality of life.




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