Japan, Australia, Korea, all have more homogenous societies, so their malign actors have less success turning citizens against each other to benefit themselves in doing things like cheating them on healthcare.

In the US, and other large countries generally, the disparate groups are played off of each other, and otherized, and they will get a large share of the population to support hurting, cheating, those others.

[–] Sakurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Actually, not especially homogeneous. Australia is fantastically multicultural with an indigenous population who have dramatically lower life expectancies, for complex reasons. But we have universal healthcare and governments that care, which makes a huge difference.

What’s really interesting is Japan. Private health but high quality and reasonably affordable. I reckon their figures are also propped up by generational longevity which will diminish as the elderly die off and shitty western lifestyles creep in with the youth.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 6 hours ago

I didn't know Japan had private health, does that mean they have uninsured? What percent are the minorities in Australia though? I just looked it up it's similar to the US. But its a smaller country, which makes it more difficult to play groups off of each other. My point is still correct, larger, more diverse countries allow malign forces to turn the population against each other more, which in the case of the US has led the population to support allowing others to die of preventable illness.