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Anyone else read this while counting the logical leaps being made between data and reason without any evidence?

There is no multi-factor analysis being done, only single factor correlations that the authors want so badly to point to evil capitalism as causation.

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Well. I reacted to the charting, where the basis of each chart was designed to maximize the separation of of the two groups, and the color red was used make somewhat mild differences look more causal than they really are. And, yeah, there are probably other data points that were not included because they muddied the story line. But I can't agree with you that the tone was anti-capitalist. That people suffer when they feel trapped by their circumstances doesn't seem like a huge reach to me.

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