Upon reading the words at left, your first thought might be: OK, but watch out for the difference between causation and correlation.  Yes, Americans have low life expectancies, and we’re also the only developed country that doesn’t offer universal healthcare.

But mightn’t there be other causative factors that are killing us?

What about:

• Lousy education leading to highly stressful jobs?

• Rising costs of living driven by greedy corporations?

• The poisons in our diets and poor nutrition overall?

• Institutional racism and hate, things that are antipathetic to a calm and harmonious life?

We lead complete arrays of toxic lifestyles. What precisely do we expect?