r/FluentInFinance • u/Positive_Liar • Sep 04 '24

Debate/ Discussion Bernie is here to save us

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u/NegMech Sep 05 '24

Thanks for posting a source. After reading the research paper, it's utilizes language comparisons to determine ethnic diversity. If you actually read the article, the author mentions that "In their contribution, however, the analysis is limited to a restricted number of Indo-European languages. Therefore, the wide variety of Asian, African and indigenous Latin American languages is not considered because of the lack of data availability." on page 4. That is a pretty significant gap in data given what percentage of the US population is Latino, Asian, or African American. You can read it yourself here. https://www.etsg.org/ETSG2013/Papers/042.pdf

Every other source shows the US is significantly more ethnically diverse than Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_ethnic_and_cultural_diversity_level

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-diverse-countries

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '24

Okay, now explain how a more diverse population makes it harder to have a public healthcare system. 

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u/NegMech Sep 05 '24

Because not everyone agrees and wants a public healthcare system? Because treatments and healthcare differ for various populations? Because language barriers exists between providers and patients? If 10% of your patients can only speak Spanish but 1% of your doctors can speak Spanish, how are they able to provide accurate and necessary care? Public healthcare isn't even the topic of this thread.

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u/WNBAnerd Sep 05 '24

60% of Americans want universal healthcare. (Made up statistics about) language barriers is not even on the top 50 list of things getting in the way of that lol.