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0 pointsriantogo5y ago0 comments

Any data shows US near the top? Are you sure you looked at data at all?

Here is data from top sources referenced in the wiki:

Education: ranked 40 of 72 in mathematics, 25 of 72 in science, 24 of 72 in reading

Health: ranking 42nd among 224 nations

Standard of living: ranked 25 out of 151 countries for 2018

Politics: ranked 45 out of 180 countries

Peace: ranked 121 out of 162 countries

Economics: ranked 17 out of 178 economies

Reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_rankings_of_th...

(You might be able to pick slightly better ranking based on your choice of source, but yeah, we are no where near the top. If you filter for developed economies we are near the bottom or have already slipped through the floor)

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refurb5y ago

I always find these subjective rankings by “think tanks” as pretty entertaining (I’m excluding the objective ones like life expectancy).

Regardless if you lean left or right, there is an implicit bias to a lower ranking. Why? Because it means “we need to enact my policy”.

If you dare come out and say “everything is fine” nobody is going to vote for you.

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