58 Reasons to Hate America

Paedantic Basterd · 06-29-2011, 12:59 PM

I've read that the quality of life in Sweden is even better.

Pretty much any first world country with a democracy is going to be swell to live in, in comparison to the rest of the world.

The Batlord · 06-29-2011, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by RezZ

America is easily one of if not the best country. Prove it you say...Ok.. Look at your quality of life, it far better than 99.9% of other people in other countries across the globe.

America is a great country to live in. I don't have any deal breaking problems with living in America, but the idea that it's "the greatest country on Earth" is mostly just propoganda. According to this and this it's only seventh best country to live in. Still pretty good though.

~~Farfisa~~ · 06-29-2011, 03:42 PM

Iceland is also another amazing place to live in. A lot of the big cities in America can be unpleasant to live in if you're in some of the more poverty stricken parts.

Paedantic Basterd · 06-29-2011, 03:42 PM

I imagine that even American poverty beats third-world poverty though.

Howard the Duck · 06-29-2011, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

If they are grateful for their rights then they are using them to change what they don't agree with about their government, through means of protesting, contacting their senators, etc.

Instead of just saying America is crap I'm moving to Canada because it's the best country in the world

you should

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Originally Posted by loose_lips_sink_ships

Iceland is also another amazing place to live in. A lot of the big cities in America can be unpleasant to live in if you're in some of the more poverty stricken parts.

Iceland is pretty boring, though, from descriptions

captaincaptain · 06-29-2011, 10:06 PM

Fundamentally, the United States is the greatest country. The Bill of Rights give an reasonable person the freedom to what they want. Our constitution is a template for any democratic constitution that has been ratified since, which is to say all of them. That's not to say these freedoms have always been used to make this country the greatest or that our constitution is perfect. If it was we would have banned slavery 79 years earlier than we did.

crash_override · 06-29-2011, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by captaincaptain

Fundamentally, the United States is the greatest country. The Bill of Rights give an reasonable person the freedom to what they want. Our constitution is a template for any democratic constitution that has been ratified since, which is to say all of them. That's not to say these freedoms have always been used to make this country the greatest or that our constitution is perfect. If it was we would have banned slavery 79 years earlier than we did.

I personally, hold these truths to be self-evident...

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 06-30-2011, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

I've read that the quality of life in Sweden is even better.

Pretty much any first world country with a democracy is going to be swell to live in, in comparison to the rest of the world.

As is Australia. America has huge homeless problems. Oh and ~18 trillion in debt. And don't you have to pay for healthcare? America has guns which I personally don't think I'd feel safe with.The homicide rates between America and Australia is large. But Australia is only an example, I think Norway and Belgium are really good countries for quality of life.

Just recently Australians were rated the happiest in the world, New Zealand came 4th. USA was not in the top of the list at all.

Guybrush · 06-30-2011, 04:35 AM

If you're going to look at lists over what countries you should live in, it's better to look up a proper list based on criteria you can understand rather than the list made by the people running some website who don't explain to you how they got their numbers. A pretty official index is United Nation's Human Development Index which includes stuff like standards of living and education.

List of countries by Human Development Index - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Iceland is not that great a country to live in at the moment because they got hit terribly hard by the economic crisis. The banks there had given out a huge number of loans among other things, so now a lot of Icelanders have moved to Norway. Before that, it was good.

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That guy is trying too hard to be a dick. If he wants to troll, he could do it better by being less obvious.

djchameleon · 06-30-2011, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

America has guns which I personally don't think I'd feel safe with.

You'd feel even less safe without them.

people are crazy and they'd use knives or any other weapons they could get their hands on

06-29-2011, 10:06 PM	#46 (permalink)
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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	If you're going to look at lists over what countries you should live in, it's better to look up a proper list based on criteria you can understand rather than the list made by the people running some website who don't explain to you how they got their numbers. A pretty official index is United Nation's Human Development Index which includes stuff like standards of living and education. List of countries by Human Development Index - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Iceland is not that great a country to live in at the moment because they got hit terribly hard by the economic crisis. The banks there had given out a huge number of loans among other things, so now a lot of Icelanders have moved to Norway. Before that, it was good. edit : That guy is trying too hard to be a dick. If he wants to troll, he could do it better by being less obvious. __________________ Something Completely Different

06-29-2011, 12:59 PM	#41 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	I've read that the quality of life in Sweden is even better. Pretty much any first world country with a democracy is going to be swell to live in, in comparison to the rest of the world.

06-29-2011, 03:42 PM	#43 (permalink)
~~Farfisa~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,773	Iceland is also another amazing place to live in. A lot of the big cities in America can be unpleasant to live in if you're in some of the more poverty stricken parts.

06-29-2011, 03:42 PM	#44 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	I imagine that even American poverty beats third-world poverty though.