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Well Norway was massively richer per capita than the US until quite recently and still currently is by a slight margin.


While I appreciate the excuse making, the fact is the US is by far and away the richest country to have ever existed, and the average citizen has a much lower quality of life than those in much poorer countries.

It’s a disgrace. Anything else you say is a weak excuse.


Are you not confusing per capita wealth/income with something else?

Russia is also technically 5x richer than Norway in that sense. Of course they have 25x more people..




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