"The U.S. is No. 64 in the rate of mothers dying for every 100,000 births, and No. 40 when it comes to the rate children under age five die." That is shameful for the tenth richest country in the world (per capita).
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America Is Not the Greatest Country on Earth. It’s No. 28
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#12I thought it was interesting that according to their numbers the U.S. has fewer homicides than Germany (which is worse than Syria?!). That's quite surprising.
The graphs are a bit confusing. higher = better, actually (there is a small bit saying "safe levels/ unsafe levels" above the 1st graph). I was also confused why Saudia Arabia would have such high issues with alcohol, whereas in fact it is Russia that does...
I'd say they're more than a little confusing. Why would anybody from a western cultural background choose yellowish orange for "better" and a range of blues for "worse"?
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#13But it is #1 in military might. So, its the greatest
Mightiest is not necessarily greatest.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
The graphs are a bit confusing. higher = better, actually (there is a small bit saying "safe levels/ unsafe levels" above the 1st graph). I was also confused why Saudia Arabia would have such high issues with alcohol, whereas in fact it is Russia that does...
I'd say they're more than a little confusing. Why would anybody from a western cultural background choose yellowish orange for "better" and a range of blues for "worse"?
Heatmaps are pretty common in western culture.
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#15But it is #1 in military might. So, its the greatest
you did not finish your sentence. Please allow me to correct.
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But it is #1 in military might. So, its the greatest in military might.
I would assume "greatest" should be measure by more than one dimension. I think we can agree that Muhammad Ali was the greatest boxer in the world, if he would have been slow or small despite having a killer punch one can argue he would not have been the greatest.
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#16Fun fact: America is not a country
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#17But it is #1 in military might. So, its the greatest
...as evidenced by their numerous successes whenever they have intervened in outside theaters for the past 50 years... ?
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#18So? Is it about time someone makes it great again?
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#19I thought it was interesting that according to their numbers the U.S. has fewer homicides than Germany (which is worse than Syria?!). That's quite surprising.
The graphs are a bit confusing. higher = better, actually (there is a small bit saying "safe levels/ unsafe levels" above the 1st graph). I was also confused why Saudia Arabia would have such high issues with alcohol, whereas in fact it is Russia that does...
> Good performer: War (fatalities per 100k population): Germany 100
What does that mean?
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#20Is "amount of personal freedom" not even on their list of factors?
Most Americans would say that is the most important factor.