alt Hacker News> We first need a healthy, educated, engaged, and safe population. All else follows.
The requirement is economic freedom, from which everything follows.
> We first need a healthy, educated, engaged, and safe population. All else follows.
The requirement is economic freedom, from which everything follows.
In what way? There is nothing inherent about economic freedom that leads to a healthy, educated, engaged, and safe population, in the same way there is nothing inherent about a healthy, smart, and safe population that leads to economic freedom.
The US is one of the most economically free places in the world, and always has been, yet obesity is at all time highs, gen Z is the first generation to score less on standardized tests than the generation before them, and civilians killed by law enforcement is at an all time high.
Economic freedom is a very important pillar to a healthy and thriving society, but acting like it is a panacea is wrong. Economic freedom at it's extreme will only lead to a weakening of the middle class and consolidation of wealth among those holding the most wealth.