15 Ways The United States Is The Best (At Being The Worst)

[WillyT]

15 Ways The United States Is The Best (At Being The Worst)
Maxwell Strachan, Alissa Scheller & Jan Diehm - HuffPo
Posted: 10/29/2013 10:26 am EDT | Updated: 10/29/2013 5:59 pm EDT

















More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/29/american-exceptionalism_n_4170683.html?utm_hp_ref=business

[gopiscrap]

1. thank you this needs to go viral

[Autumn]

2. Holy shit! We're #1 !!

In everything that sucks.

[RobertEarl]

4. Not quite number 1

Lesotho, Swaziland and some other small country stand in our way to complete rule. They better watch it. They can see what we did to Grenada.

[Autumn]

5. There is that, but hey we will strive to beat them.

I'm sure the current group in Congress will get us there.

[pscot]

3. Is this a great country

or what?

[CBHagman]

24. It's "what."

[indepat]

6. All 15 are indicative of a government which promotes the welfare of corporations rather

than the general welfare. These data are so stark as to prove this simple thesis. What if one day the people get sick and tired of having this crap shoved in there faces, have had it up to here, and decide they ain't gonna' take it any more?

[fascisthunter]

7. and yet we see the media promoting we do less for the people

of our own country... sick.

[WillyT]

8. The Media Works For The Status Quo... Dontcha Know...

[fascisthunter]

31. .

[Brigid]

10. It's indicative of a society that no longer functions.

It's that simple.

[woo me with science]

9. K&R

[WillyT]

12. Ya Know... It's Sort Of Like WHY We Vote For Democrats... To Fight This Shit...

Live and learn, no ???

[woo me with science]

20. It sure used to work that way.

[SDjack]

11. We could do better, but our rich are more deserving than the rest of us. nt

[WillyT]

13. Yes... I Have To Fellate Them... As Soon As I Get Done With My 3rd Job...

[Demeter]

14. And those are the good points

There's the complete voiding of the rule of law...destruction of civil rights...mandating taxes to support insurance companies...etc, etc,

[WillyT]

15. Yep... And I Would Love To See THOSE Graphs...

[billh58]

16. No other country has nearly as many

guns as people: 88.8 guns per 100 people. Click on the graphic, and it takes you to:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/murders-shootings-and-gun-sales-per-day_n_2488664.html

"Tuesday -- the day before President Barack Obama unveiled his new proposals to reduce gun violence, including background checks on all gun sales and a revised ban on assault weapons -- was like any other average day of bloodshed in the United States.

There were no catastrophes comparable to the Newtown tragedy that spurred the national debate on gun control, only the run-of-the-mill shootings that make the U.S. a leader of gun crime in the so-called developed world."

But the NRA apologists tell us that because murder rates are dropping, more guns are a good thing and there is no need for any further gun control measures. Being number one and the world leader in not only the number of guns per capita, but in gun injuries and deaths is indeed something the NRA and it's enablers can be very proud of indeed.

Because, you know: Second Amendment, My Rights, Freedom, and Liberty. Yay America! Home of the most armed and dangerous society in the developed world.

[WillyT]

17. + 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!!

[marble falls]

18. Sobering stuff, thanks for posting it.

[WillyT]

19. You Are Quite Welcome !!!

[Scuba]

21. Ronald Raygun would be so proud.

[treestar]

22. Most of those aren't fair comparisons

In fact our military spending ends up benefitting other countries, which is why they have money left for more social programs. The other countries are smaller, with more homogenous populations and longer histories as countries. The incarceration rates may be meaningless, as our laws are inherently different from most other countries. Or it may be more efficient enforcement, or even that people can't get out of sentences due to their connections.

There is so much more to all of that, that the article is quite disingenuous. And it has an apparent goal.

[davidpdx]

26. Very true

The other thing is collective societies are more likely to use family as a social safety net then the government. Here in Korea in terms of newborns many times family members take care of the child (grandparents). My niece was taken care of by her grandmother quite a bit over the years until she became a teen then less so.

The laws are much more strict and much better enforced then in other countries. Granted the drug and gun laws need to be changed.

Korea also has no guns which means the number of guns owned is very small and the number of gun deaths per year is almost nil.

[nashville_brook]

29. how is it not fair to compare sick time or maternity leave to other countries?

or the gap in income equality?

seriously not tracking your logic.

[B Calm]

23. K&R

[DLevine]

25. Makes me sick. K&R for the sad truth. nt

[Alkene]

27. And so, we are indeed exceptional. n/t

[nashville_brook]

28. holy crap.

the inequality numbers are staggering.

[AZ Progressive]

30. Republicans have reduced the meaning of Freedom to "freedom to become rich and own a gun"

And of course, who cares if, for the majority of people, one has to sell one's soul and be unethical, manipulative, cunning, and even criminal in order to become rich (because becoming rich the fair way takes exceptional talent, intelligence, creativity, as well as a lot of luck and dedication and often a high degree of social skills.)

[fascisthunter]

32. I don't know... just thought i'd give this a kick

well, do you really give a shit about your country or not, because in truth, things aren't looking so good for the so called, "land of opportunity". Unless you are a a privileged sociopath, that is.