• halcyoncmdr@piefed.social
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        7 days ago

        You can basically throw a dart at the map and hit a country better than the US in some way. The US is ranked pretty far down in just about every metric you would want in a good society.

        You don’t have to be an expert to see that, you just have to not be blind.

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          7 days ago

          I called the U.S. a failure in the comment you are replying too… So you failed to answer any of the question and then tried to act like I was “blind.”

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            You really want me to do your Googling for you to find basically ANY international country ranking?

            The US is not near the top of anything other than things like most incarcerated, highest homeless population, highest opiate use , obesity rate, etc.

            Wikipedia has a fairly comprehensive list of pages for various international rankings, including the original sources for you to take a look at if you actually want an answer instead of just shitposting stupid responses to comments. The US is speedrunning its way towards becoming a failed State. If you can’t see that writing on the wall, then you might be illiterate.

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              7 days ago

              Absolute failure of reading comprehension and trying to misdirect the conversation because you didn’t want to answer the question, when you simply could have not answered at all …

              Here let me some show you a proper response to that comment.

              “I’m from Canada and mothers are 2-6x less likely to die during their pregnancy here varying drastically by race”

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                6 days ago

                Not a misdirect at all, I can’t answer the question as it was asked because I’m American…

                We’re not the greatest at anything worthwhile anymore. And this isn’t new, The Newsroom spelled this out quite plainly nearly 2 decades ago, and it’s only gotten worse since then.

                The government has been being slowly co-opted by fascists who have been enshitifying the country for several decades, since before I was even born. I’ve also had the privilege over the years to visit several other countries, visiting friends across the world, not just tourist traps, something most Americans never do. So I think I have a very direct experience with how the US compares to other countries.

                Why do your responses seem to be about defending the US as somehow better than it is, blindly?

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            6 days ago

            You didn’t ask a question, you gave an unprompted command without even giving a reason for why anyone should follow it.

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        7 days ago

        Not putting innocent people in concentration camps. That goes for nearly every country.

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          6 days ago

          What a ridiculously stupid to say to say. You know that resisting propaganda doesn’t just mean going to another extreme, right?

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              “State your country and how it’s better than the failure of the U.S.”

              That was what you were answering. You have not stated your country or how it was better than the failure that is the U.S.

              You are just stating the U.S. isn’t good, while this was already established by it being stated as a failure.

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                It doesn’t matter what country I’m from, it’s better than the US, in almost every measurable metric of happiness, prosperity, or longevity, lol.

                The vagueness is the point of my answer.

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                  It doesn’t matter what country I’m from

                  It never does when people like you make this argument. How convenient.

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                    My country is better than the US in most regards, as are most other countries in the world. Youve been brainwashed to think America number 1, but your only number one in infant mortality, gun violence, and corruption.