Which of your Earth-countries is the greatest?
A certain set of Americans likes to announce from time to time that theirs’ is the greatest country in the world. Often these people are running for public office, but not always. Regardless, the proclamation is rarely explained, but stated as if it is simply common knowledge and beyond justification. In reality it’s more like a “World’s Best Dad” mug. That shit ain’t been vetted.
But if you did really want to know which was the bestest, how would you determine it? Which do you think it would it be?
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The clue’s in the name… Great Britain ;-}
Germany. Also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
@ucme Bahaha!
@fundevogel A lot of Americans are haters, hate everything about our country from taxes to government, everything. Then there are a lot of us that love our country for various reasons.
My reasons for loving America are varied but freedom and the fact that anyone can come here and live the American Dream (yes still today) via hard work. Let’s take Mexico for instance, part of their population don’t have real homes with four walls and a roof, access to good health care or even running water in some areas. That may be true in America as well, but if so, it’s generally by their choice, to live ‘off the grid’ or ‘off the corporate Amercia teat.’
@KNOWITALL illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States has fallen to net zero. Not from increases border control, it’s just not so desireable lately. And I’m pretty sure the only ones sucking at the corporate teat are politicians and the higher up in the corporate world. Corporations are profit driven, they aren’t in the habit of letting just anyone get a piece of their pie.
From my research, it’s either Norway or Finland. Highest literacy and standard of living.
@fundevogel Okayyyyyyy, but the fact is that’s what I judge civilization by, I wasn’t commenting on illegal immigration.
A lot of people live off the grid without paying electric (solar, generators, etc…) and without paying for running water to those companies not because they hate America, but because they hate corporate America.
Hopefully I explained a bit better, sorry for any confusion.
From every possible standard of societal health and happiness, Norway, Finland, and Denmark seem to always be at the top of the list (as @Seek_Kolinahr mentions).
How can I possibly answer this question without having lived in every country? I’m just happy to have been born in the USA.
@Pachyderm_In_The_Room: “How can I possibly answer this question without having lived in every country?”
Are you sure you can’t make any statement about that? I mean, you could probably rule out North Korea – or Afghanistan. Once you start there, you’ve started using some metric for measuring the quality of a country. And once that happens, then it might be worthwhile discussing what those are and where the U.S. stands with regards to these. Sure, you wouldn’t be able to know what it’s really like to live in a particular climate as a foreigner and potentially be culturally lost, but it should be possible to develop some possible guesses. And the meat of this discussion would probably be in those metrics you used to judge the quality of a country.
Norfolk Island is governed by Australia @gondwanalon, although it is a beautiful place. Why do you think it’s the best place in the world?
A great question @fundevogel. One way I would vet the ‘best’ country is by looking at the way the country looks after its disadvantaged and weak. How it provides for the health of its citizens and ensuring its young receive a good education. I also think the Scandinavian countries seem to be very strong contenders for the ‘best country’ if we use these types of criteria.
However, I would also like to live in a country with a lovely climate and beautiful scenery and on that basis, as long as I can overlook the way we care for the weak in society and those who seek asylum, Australia is a pretty fabulous place to live. Our healthcare and education isn’t perfect but it’s pretty good and our economy is strong. For the most part, this is a very safe place to live and I have clean water, good housing and a high standard of living.
@Bellatrix I was just kidding although I do like how Norfolk Island is far off the beaten path so to speak and away from all the ugly aspects of this troubled world. Actually I think that the U.S.A. is still the greatest nation in which to live. The reasons that I think this are too numerous to write in this small space.
The greatest countries are those that recognize that other countries are great too willing to learn from each other.
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