Your comment is interesting to me as a comment further up sates that: "People move from China to India despite the higher prices in America precisely because the increase in wages is more than enough to offset the higher prices." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42321211
So while expensive holds, the low wages does not.
> no safety net
There are safety nets in the US, just not one singular one nor is it always easy to apply or get benefits.
> car and health insurance are mandatory
What countries don't have mandatory car insurance?
Which ones don't have mandatory health insurance?(Universal health care doesn't count, as that is mandatory and taken from taxes.)
Further, you can eschew health insurance in the US. Many people do(for various reasons, cost being one of them), it is just not that wise of a move as healthcare here is very expensive.
> gun violence is rampant
We have pockets of areas where violence, not just gun, is rampant. I think a fairer analysis shows that it is the intersection of poverty and also drugs but I can not speak fully to this topic.
>the government is a dictatorship disguised as a democracy.
Is this talking about the current government(Joe Biden?), the future administration(Donald Trump) or the administrative government(deep state?)?
I would agree that our government is not functioning as well as it could, I am also not sure if I have seen any other governments do any better.
Japan: Due process with police holding suspects and trying to force confessions.
South Korea: Recent Martial Law issue
France: Numerous protests occurring
Great Britain: Prime Minister just told all farmers "If you don't like the changes we have implemented, you can leave." Protests and counter protests with violence on both sides but police seem more focused on arresting people for social media posts.
I can't think of any recent issues from the Scandinavian countries but that is more likely due to my lack of exposure to media than lack of issues.
Please let me know which countries you find to be great.
Yeah, every country has its problems, but that doesn’t mean they’re all as bad as each other.
Yes, Japan has a problem with allowing police to hold suspects for 3 weeks with no outside contact. But the reality is that very few people are ever arrested, to the point that nobody is afraid of police.
The same can’t be said for the US, where black parents have to tell their kids to not trust cops.
In my experience Japan is pretty great, so that’s where I live.
Other places I consider top tier are Holland and Scandinavia. Western Europe and developed Asia is tier 2, some of Eastern Europe and Canada are tier 3, USA and most of South America are tier 4, and any other countries I wouldn’t live in.
So while expensive holds, the low wages does not.
> no safety net There are safety nets in the US, just not one singular one nor is it always easy to apply or get benefits.
> car and health insurance are mandatory What countries don't have mandatory car insurance? Which ones don't have mandatory health insurance?(Universal health care doesn't count, as that is mandatory and taken from taxes.) Further, you can eschew health insurance in the US. Many people do(for various reasons, cost being one of them), it is just not that wise of a move as healthcare here is very expensive.
> gun violence is rampant We have pockets of areas where violence, not just gun, is rampant. I think a fairer analysis shows that it is the intersection of poverty and also drugs but I can not speak fully to this topic.
>the government is a dictatorship disguised as a democracy. Is this talking about the current government(Joe Biden?), the future administration(Donald Trump) or the administrative government(deep state?)?
I would agree that our government is not functioning as well as it could, I am also not sure if I have seen any other governments do any better.
Japan: Due process with police holding suspects and trying to force confessions.
South Korea: Recent Martial Law issue
France: Numerous protests occurring
Great Britain: Prime Minister just told all farmers "If you don't like the changes we have implemented, you can leave." Protests and counter protests with violence on both sides but police seem more focused on arresting people for social media posts.
I can't think of any recent issues from the Scandinavian countries but that is more likely due to my lack of exposure to media than lack of issues.
Please let me know which countries you find to be great.