(December 13, 2015 at 4:48 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote:(December 13, 2015 at 3:32 pm)paulpablo Wrote: I find some of those facts questionable. The worst gender inequality, highest poverty rate, worst child well being, and most people with no health care.
Shortest life expectancy? What??
I can't make out the writing at the bottom but I suspect that meme is not comparing the US to the "world" but rather other industrialized nations.... of which we are supposed to be one.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/01...e-j11.html
Quote:US life expectancy lowest among industrialized countries
I mean, if your goal is merely to not be "last" among countries such as Mali and Chad then congratulations. But, I would not use the term "greatest" for that achievement.
