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That's just like, your opinion, man.US is becoming a ‘developing country’ on global rankings that measure democracy, inequality
The United States came in 41st worldwide on the UN’s 2022 sustainable development index, down nine spots from last year. A political historian explains the country’s dismal scores.
Can people stop pounding their dang chests and actually start taking a look at things so we can fix them? TIA.
The shutdown of city schools in the last two years isn’t helping it, that’s for sure.US is becoming a ‘developing country’ on global rankings that measure democracy, inequality
The United States came in 41st worldwide on the UN’s 2022 sustainable development index, down nine spots from last year. A political historian explains the country’s dismal scores.
Can people stop pounding their dang chests and actually start taking a look at things so we can fix them? TIA.
So, you're just ignoring our backsliding as a democracy being central to this? On brandThis is all you need to know about this "index": "an expansive model of 17 categories, or “goals,” many of them focused on the environment and equity"
Awwww....too bad, so sad. We don't meet the goals of a liberal wish list of nonsense so they'll shame us into it? The UN can get bent.
Seriously, this is like the other publication that had the US below China on racism (yes the same China that openly flouts modern day slavery with the Uyghurs).This is all you need to know about this "index": "an expansive model of 17 categories, or “goals,” many of them focused on the environment and equity"
Awwww....too bad, so sad. We don't meet the goals of a liberal wish list of nonsense so they'll shame us into it? The UN can get bent.
I'm ignoring a clearly dubious "index" that is nothing but a wishlist for liberals to push their dogma onto others. The "On Brand" part would be you guys falling for this nonsense YET AGAIN.So, you're just ignoring our backsliding as a democracy being central to this? On brandThis is all you need to know about this "index": "an expansive model of 17 categories, or “goals,” many of them focused on the environment and equity"
Awwww....too bad, so sad. We don't meet the goals of a liberal wish list of nonsense so they'll shame us into it? The UN can get bent.
Yet I didn't even see one sentence about the environment in the article. It was used as a nice buzzword though.
Didn't even read it, just thought the inclusion in BRs post was a little funny.
I'm just linking an article for discussion.I'm ignoring a clearly dubious "index" that is nothing but a wishlist for liberals to push their dogma onto others. The "On Brand" part would be you guys falling for this nonsense YET AGAIN.So, you're just ignoring our backsliding as a democracy being central to this? On brandThis is all you need to know about this "index": "an expansive model of 17 categories, or “goals,” many of them focused on the environment and equity"
Awwww....too bad, so sad. We don't meet the goals of a liberal wish list of nonsense so they'll shame us into it? The UN can get bent.
Fake news is fake, but it's still real to you, dammit!!
I have been seeing brown water coming out of taps on the news this past month. Haven't seen drinking water stuff getting much attention since Flint, MI way back
..and we definitely don't care about the experiences of ordinary people. How many millionaires do we have again?
Sure, if you think that's helpful. It's so much better than hyperbolic rhetoric.
Yep a lot of good data there showing how they came to a ranking and/or conclusion. I can tell you the sky is green, it doesn't make it so. I can tell you any quantitative belief I have and put it in a statement without supporting numbers, it doesn't make it so. It might be true, it may not, but you don't take arbitrary statements without backup in court as fact do you?
I don't know, the more the merrier. That's what this is really about. People want to reframe what success is in this country. It's fine to define it however you want personally because different things make different people happy. But there seems to be a lot of folks upset these days about folks who like to view the scoreboard in financial terms.
It's what we do, and I get sucked into it - gotta rank and grade everything.
I think you have a point, but also if you want to genuinely have a conversation then I wouldn’t start by linking articles with silly positions like having the US below China and Russia on racism.I'm just linking an article for discussion.I'm ignoring a clearly dubious "index" that is nothing but a wishlist for liberals to push their dogma onto others. The "On Brand" part would be you guys falling for this nonsense YET AGAIN.So, you're just ignoring our backsliding as a democracy being central to this? On brandThis is all you need to know about this "index": "an expansive model of 17 categories, or “goals,” many of them focused on the environment and equity"
Awwww....too bad, so sad. We don't meet the goals of a liberal wish list of nonsense so they'll shame us into it? The UN can get bent.
Fake news is fake, but it's still real to you, dammit!!
I agree with the premise that the concept of American exceptionalism is harmful to our country. We spend more on healthcare, per capita, than any other nation by far and have mediocre outcomes. We're falling behind in education. Our wealth inequality has gotten off track. We currently have ~20% of the country willing to throw away the democratic process to ensure their candidate wins. The laundry list of things we can clearly do better in is too long. And yet, we sit here and pat ourselves on the back with posts constantly saying "we're the least racist society of all time" or that "we have the best social mobility of any nation". You hear it all the time, both were posted this week and viewed as common facts by many. Neither are true unfortunately. So while the article might not be perfect, rather than dismissing it because it mentioned "the environment" maybe stop shutting down any and all conversation because you think something is "liberal"and instead start paying attention as our country continues its decent and start supporting leaders who will actually do something about it.
I dunno. Apple makes an inferior phone, overcharges for it, and people still line up to buy it.
It's probably pretty hard to rank countries on racism. But I'll agree, we shouldn't be behind China.I think you have a point, but also if you want to genuinely have a conversation then I wouldn’t start by linking articles with silly positions like having the US below China and Russia on racism.I'm just linking an article for discussion.I'm ignoring a clearly dubious "index" that is nothing but a wishlist for liberals to push their dogma onto others. The "On Brand" part would be you guys falling for this nonsense YET AGAIN.So, you're just ignoring our backsliding as a democracy being central to this? On brandThis is all you need to know about this "index": "an expansive model of 17 categories, or “goals,” many of them focused on the environment and equity"
Awwww....too bad, so sad. We don't meet the goals of a liberal wish list of nonsense so they'll shame us into it? The UN can get bent.
Fake news is fake, but it's still real to you, dammit!!
I agree with the premise that the concept of American exceptionalism is harmful to our country. We spend more on healthcare, per capita, than any other nation by far and have mediocre outcomes. We're falling behind in education. Our wealth inequality has gotten off track. We currently have ~20% of the country willing to throw away the democratic process to ensure their candidate wins. The laundry list of things we can clearly do better in is too long. And yet, we sit here and pat ourselves on the back with posts constantly saying "we're the least racist society of all time" or that "we have the best social mobility of any nation". You hear it all the time, both were posted this week and viewed as common facts by many. Neither are true unfortunately. So while the article might not be perfect, rather than dismissing it because it mentioned "the environment" maybe stop shutting down any and all conversation because you think something is "liberal"and instead start paying attention as our country continues its decent and start supporting leaders who will actually do something about it.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2022/03/03/the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-shows-racism-has-no-boundaries/amp/It's probably pretty hard to rank countries on racism. But I'll agree, we shouldn't be behind China.I think you have a point, but also if you want to genuinely have a conversation then I wouldn’t start by linking articles with silly positions like having the US below China and Russia on racism.I'm just linking an article for discussion.I'm ignoring a clearly dubious "index" that is nothing but a wishlist for liberals to push their dogma onto others. The "On Brand" part would be you guys falling for this nonsense YET AGAIN.So, you're just ignoring our backsliding as a democracy being central to this? On brandThis is all you need to know about this "index": "an expansive model of 17 categories, or “goals,” many of them focused on the environment and equity"
Awwww....too bad, so sad. We don't meet the goals of a liberal wish list of nonsense so they'll shame us into it? The UN can get bent.
Fake news is fake, but it's still real to you, dammit!!
I agree with the premise that the concept of American exceptionalism is harmful to our country. We spend more on healthcare, per capita, than any other nation by far and have mediocre outcomes. We're falling behind in education. Our wealth inequality has gotten off track. We currently have ~20% of the country willing to throw away the democratic process to ensure their candidate wins. The laundry list of things we can clearly do better in is too long. And yet, we sit here and pat ourselves on the back with posts constantly saying "we're the least racist society of all time" or that "we have the best social mobility of any nation". You hear it all the time, both were posted this week and viewed as common facts by many. Neither are true unfortunately. So while the article might not be perfect, rather than dismissing it because it mentioned "the environment" maybe stop shutting down any and all conversation because you think something is "liberal"and instead start paying attention as our country continues its decent and start supporting leaders who will actually do something about it.
millionaire seems like a pretty low bar
Racism isn't exclusive to black people IMO. Russia definitely has multiple races as parts of it are predominately populated with Asians and parts with Caucasians. If they get along fine, they'd be pretty not racist.https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2022/03/03/the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-shows-racism-has-no-boundaries/amp/It's probably pretty hard to rank countries on racism. But I'll agree, we shouldn't be behind China.I think you have a point, but also if you want to genuinely have a conversation then I wouldn’t start by linking articles with silly positions like having the US below China and Russia on racism.I'm just linking an article for discussion.I'm ignoring a clearly dubious "index" that is nothing but a wishlist for liberals to push their dogma onto others. The "On Brand" part would be you guys falling for this nonsense YET AGAIN.So, you're just ignoring our backsliding as a democracy being central to this? On brandThis is all you need to know about this "index": "an expansive model of 17 categories, or “goals,” many of them focused on the environment and equity"
Awwww....too bad, so sad. We don't meet the goals of a liberal wish list of nonsense so they'll shame us into it? The UN can get bent.
Fake news is fake, but it's still real to you, dammit!!
I agree with the premise that the concept of American exceptionalism is harmful to our country. We spend more on healthcare, per capita, than any other nation by far and have mediocre outcomes. We're falling behind in education. Our wealth inequality has gotten off track. We currently have ~20% of the country willing to throw away the democratic process to ensure their candidate wins. The laundry list of things we can clearly do better in is too long. And yet, we sit here and pat ourselves on the back with posts constantly saying "we're the least racist society of all time" or that "we have the best social mobility of any nation". You hear it all the time, both were posted this week and viewed as common facts by many. Neither are true unfortunately. So while the article might not be perfect, rather than dismissing it because it mentioned "the environment" maybe stop shutting down any and all conversation because you think something is "liberal"and instead start paying attention as our country continues its decent and start supporting leaders who will actually do something about it.
Roughly one half of one tenth of one percent of Russian population is black.
We shouldn’t be behind Russia either. Why bother with the rest?
It's just something I see listed a fair amount (overall success as a country, when talking about how not racist we are because of how many black millionaires we have, etc..) so that was my poor attempt at humor that probably didn't come across as such.
Not to me, I’m a thousandaire.
US is becoming a ‘developing country’ on global rankings that measure democracy, inequality
The United States came in 41st worldwide on the UN’s 2022 sustainable development index, down nine spots from last year. A political historian explains the country’s dismal scores.
Can people stop pounding their dang chests and actually start taking a look at things so we can fix them? TIA.
100%. Author is slanted, the numbers really aren't. Although some methodologies can fairly be questioned IMO.
