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RE: Is America the greatest country
December 10, 2015 at 4:12 pm
(December 10, 2015 at 4:00 pm)wallym Wrote: Best country for who? If a well-educated white person with money can pick anywhere's in the world to live, the US is a pretty good one.
A poorly educated black person without money, you could probably find somewhere else that still isn't recovering from slavery, that'll do a better job keeping you afloat, while educating your children.
This is a reasonable point. Although the USA is #5 in the basic HDI, if you recalculate an "inequality-adjusted HDI" the US falls to #28.
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RE: Is America the greatest country
December 10, 2015 at 4:14 pm
A rant about the negatives, makes for fine drama but little else. Fine, the US has some things it needs to fix. Don't all countries?
BTW, I don't often hear of a mass exodus from the US. Am I missing something?
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RE: Is America the greatest country
December 10, 2015 at 5:58 pm
That'll be right!
The rest of the world always sees Australia as one big number 2!
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RE: Is America the greatest country
December 10, 2015 at 6:12 pm
(December 10, 2015 at 3:47 pm)Quantum Wrote: Charming, Boru, charming 
Yes, I'm angling for a diplomatic posting to the US. The above should clinch it for me, don't you think?
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RE: Is America the greatest country
December 10, 2015 at 6:16 pm
Is not being patriotic an atheist thing or something? Lol.
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RE: Is America the greatest country
December 10, 2015 at 6:20 pm
Does "patriotism" mean pretending that everything is fucking wonderful?
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RE: Is America the greatest country
December 10, 2015 at 6:49 pm
(December 10, 2015 at 6:16 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Is not being patriotic an atheist thing or something? Lol.
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