I asked a friend to name a country better than America. You could hear a pin drop.

Macdaddy wrote:

Every single Scandinavian nation

Those countries would be Russian if not for the USA. Not better

MAYBE in the top 10 wrote:

He was probably just pausing while he decided if he should list them numerically or alphabetically.

The treatment by the USA of their Native Americans drags them down multiple places.

So does their Cvil War. Civil Wars are very Third World.

What on earth are you talking about - the treatment on the Native Americans?

What were the Indians fighting for, opposing the white man settling in that vast area?

For their wish to continue a primitive existence, their "right" to keep part of the earth untouched, unused and not even as property, just keep everybody out so that you will live practically like an animal, or maybe a few caves above it?

Frankly, any white person who brought the element of civilization had the perfect right to take over that continent."

I have been to places wrote:

... but have you lived in any of those? the answer is no.

The answer is yep. Still got my residency permits to prove that too.

I have been to places wrote:

Honestly, the US is a third world country with military and economic resources of a great nation. the issues of this country are INCREDIBLY BIGGER than you think.

I have my own standards of what makes a great country. That includes mostly social aspects. The US is a racist country, whether you have the balls to admit or not. The US mistreats its poor population. The US has a segregated society based on both skin colour and income. Above all, the US is not a safe country. Violence is everywhere. Those are not characteristics of the greatest country in the history.

You think there aren't tons of racists in France? The US has plenty of racists but has greatly toned down its hate speech. Please list the non racist countries. Thanks

TAA wrote:

Macdaddy wrote:

Every single Scandinavian nation

Those countries would be Russian if not for the USA. Not better

If Canada was Russia the USA would be too.

TAA wrote:

Macdaddy wrote:

Every single Scandinavian nation

Those countries would be Russian if not for the USA. Not better

True. Though for its many faults, Russia's scientific achievements are/were impressive.

I have been to places wrote:

... but have you lived in any of those? the answer is no.

Honestly, the US is a third world country with military and economic resources of a great nation. the issues of this country are INCREDIBLY BIGGER than you think.

I have my own standards of what makes a great country. That includes mostly social aspects. The US is a racist country, whether you have the balls to admit or not. The US mistreats its poor population. The US has a segregated society based on both skin colour and income. Above all, the US is not a safe country. Violence is everywhere. Those are not characteristics of the greatest country in the history.

Most other countries have these issues. That is why France, Belgium and some other European countries are having issues with Muslim populations.

Don't be a self-hater

I have lived in France and another two European countries. I have lived in two latin american countries too. There is racism everywhere. However, it is only a FRACTION of the hate I see now that I am living in the US.

If you are not an immigrant I don't expect you to understand the magnitude of hate I am talking about in the sentence above.

Frankly, with respect to other social aspects, I shall repeat what I said before. The US is a third world country with perks. It resembles the countries I lived in latin america much more closely than the european ones.

Nordic countries are pretty much the USA's b!tch now as well

quit it wrote:

I have been to places wrote:

... but have you lived in any of those? the answer is no.

Honestly, the US is a third world country with military and economic resources of a great nation. the issues of this country are INCREDIBLY BIGGER than you think.

I have my own standards of what makes a great country. That includes mostly social aspects. The US is a racist country, whether you have the balls to admit or not. The US mistreats its poor population. The US has a segregated society based on both skin colour and income. Above all, the US is not a safe country. Violence is everywhere. Those are not characteristics of the greatest country in the history.

Most other countries have these issues. That is why France, Belgium and some other European countries are having issues with Muslim populations.

Don't be a self-hater

There are no issues with Muslim populations. There are issues with terrorists. Please don't go there.

France and Belgium are both years ahead of the US in all social aspects I can think of.

TAA wrote:

Macdaddy wrote:

Every single Scandinavian nation

Those countries would be Russian if not for the USA. Not better

Nonsense.

The so-called cold war was a fiction devised by the American military/industrial muscle to ensure the Americans continually financed a giant defence budget, as big as the next 10 highest spending nations put together.

With the opening of the Kremlin books after ’Glasnost’ we found that the Soviets had no invasion plans concerning Europe, indeed, were constantly in terror of American belligerence and first strike capability.

The Scandinavians and Western Europe were never in any danger from a country that had lost 25 million in WW2 and had a land that had suffered scorched earth twice in that same conflict.

HardLoper wrote:

I have been to places wrote:

... but have you lived in any of those? the answer is no.

The answer is yep. Still got my residency permits to prove that too.

Let's pretend, for a minute, that you really have a passport and really have traveled. We can agree to disagree about the "best" country in the world, but one thing is clear. Any foreigner who got a taste of your ignorant attitude could be forgiven for believing that the USA breeds idiots. Incidentally, Americans (not all) are the only people who are ridiculous enough to even try to define the "best" country in the world. This really makes as much sense as trying to define the "best" piece of art, the "best" song, or the "best" woman. The only thing that you have proven is that you are an absolute fool. Anyone who really has traveled and/or lived in different countries knows that there are good and bad things about every country and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Even the most impoverished or war-torn country can be great to some. Truly, the USA is a GREAT country, but people like you do not do us any favors.

I have been to places wrote:

quit it wrote:

Most other countries have these issues. That is why France, Belgium and some other European countries are having issues with Muslim populations.

Don't be a self-hater

There are no issues with Muslim populations. There are issues with terrorists. Please don't go there.

France and Belgium are both years ahead of the US in all social aspects I can think of.

Are you denying that there isn't rampant racism against middle easterners and Africans in France/Belgium?

do you have friends? wrote:

Australia, Sweden, Canada, Norway, Switzerland for sure, hmmm, then probably also New Zealand, Denmark, Netherlands, Iceland, United Kingdom, Finland, Austria, Luxembourg, Ireland... how many do you need?

Nope, all these tiny countries don't compare the US. You people really have no brains. You can't compare a large nation to a small nation. There's things large nations have to deal with that small nations do not. Socialism/Communism/Populism works very well in small nations. When the population gets too big they crumble. This is why China has had to adopt more capitalist views over the years.

If the US was only 10million people then life would be great. We'd have less than .1% of the landmass covered and and there would be plenty of food and jobs for everyone. There would be zero homeless people and crime would be zero as well. But we don't have 10million people so everyone can shut up now.

If you take a quick look around the drawer you will quickly observe that you are not the sharpest knife in there.

Nah, there is no chance the USA is #1 for just a few of the following reasons off the cuff:

> huge gap between rich & poor

> lack of affordable healthcare for all citizens

> fattest country in the world

> obsession with work culture

> partly responsible for a lot of today's world problems - global warming, terrorism

> cannot seem to regulate it's insane gun crime

> makes terrible movies and even worse copies of other films

> fake customer service i.e. begging for a tip because of poverty wages

> racism still rampant

> belief in goodies & badies - "them bad, we good"

> culture of religious fundamentalism

> bud & miller

> fanny packs are a thing

> belief that all military are heroes

> insanely expensive tertiary education

> Omaha

> capital punishment and the view that it prevents crime

> B*st*rdization of Italian cusine in many restaurants

> culture of 'two thumbs up' to everything - life ain't like this

> obsession with being a 'team player' but selfishness is encouraged

> baseball is a national sport

> football is a contradiction and borrowed term

> belief in the American dream

> a small coffee is 1L and mostly tastes of nothing

> demise of Detroit

> Mike Rossi

> everyone wants to be a hero

> obsession with cash

> dependence on anti-depressants

> fast food workers made to dress up like clowns

> corporate companies use the word 'rock'

> Kiss (the band) are popular

> defined by what you do for a living - doctor = good guy; cleaner = *h*t bag

> Their TV adverts (commercials)

> Piers Morgan given his own chat show bc he has an accent

> weird attitude to s*x

> talk about blue & white collar workers

> people claim to be Irish but have never been and neither have their parents or grandparents

> Dependence on immigration but refusal to admit it

> ignorance about rest of the world

> Bush family

> 2.5 men is popular

> Steve Carell passes as a comedian

> glee clubs are a thing

> Obession with celeb culture

> Many Americans openly talk about USA being the best country in the world despite all stats to the contrary

I could go on all night.

The USA is one h*ll of a country to visit and I've had a lot of fun there but to live, I'll take rainy Auld Scotland anytime!

talk to the old people wrote:

I have been to places wrote:

There are no issues with Muslim populations. There are issues with terrorists. Please don't go there.

France and Belgium are both years ahead of the US in all social aspects I can think of.

Are you denying that there isn't rampant racism against middle easterners and Africans in France/Belgium?

It was always there and it will always be. Rampant is not a word I would use though.

If anything, the majority of the population knows better than to point and blame.

I have been to places wrote:

quit it wrote:

Most other countries have these issues. That is why France, Belgium and some other European countries are having issues with Muslim populations.

Don't be a self-hater

There are no issues with Muslim populations. There are issues with terrorists. Please don't go there.

France and Belgium are both years ahead of the US in all social aspects I can think of.

Don't be ignorant. Who tried to burn down in France in 2005 (i think it was 05)? It was the poor Muslim population that lives in the 'slums' of France.

Do you really believe that Muslims are immune from everyday issues that other minorities face in countries all over the world? You just swallow the whole 'You can't say anything bad about Muslims' propaganda hook, line, and sinker.

Hahaha that was good

USA ain't A' OK wrote:

> fattest country in the world

Come on, America is the first nation in the history of the world for which TOO MUCH food became a problem. Think about it! We have obese poor people! That would be an oxymoron to 99.999% of people that have ever lived.