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Originally Posted by RVCA
aw yeah. I just had an argument with my housemate about this, actually. She stated that America has the best political system in the world, and the dialectic went:
Me - "Wow, you've studied every political system in the world?"
Her - "Well, we have the highest standard of living."
Me - "Eh, no we don't. We examined this in my Econ class last year. There's some kind of index that ranks the quality of living in countries, and although the US is up there, I distinctly remember it wasn't number one."
RVCA: 1, Housemate: 0
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Not to drape myself in the flag - again - but part of what makes America great is that we're lacking a few threads in our social safety net. It certainly makes people sometimes have to struggle unnecessarily but it has its benefits.
4th is pretty damned good.