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In reply to the discussion: America is weak. [View all]EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)46. No
I mean compared to any vaguely similar country.
Comparing America to Zambia, Uganda and the Central African Republic, we look great... is that your point?
Compare it to any country vaguely similar and you'll see the reality you're desperate to avoid.
The US gun homicide rate is 3x that of the worst European country.
Here's the countries that are worse than the US, so we can see exactly who we're better than
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Me too--it's easy to criticize here. Not so much in other places, I've noticed. nt
MADem
Nov 2015
#51
Contrast craven America with even-keel Europe and the difference is pretty stark.
Surya Gayatri
Nov 2015
#7
Good post. My parents are English, and we visited London frequently in my childhood.
cwydro
Nov 2015
#23
"No other culture is like American culture and many of its issues(eg gun violence)are uniquely..."
EX500rider
Nov 2015
#37
So you mean "uniquely American" if compared to other cherry picked European countries..
EX500rider
Nov 2015
#41
You just can't call it "uniquely American" if more then half the countries..
EX500rider
Nov 2015
#49
Wrong, so wrong. Our government is weak, only held together by the Executive branch.
Rex
Nov 2015
#32
Well sure everyone has their own culture, but Americans are neither more nor less scared
Rex
Nov 2015
#54
What Americans? Just because the pols and teevee say we're afraid doesn't mean we are.
valerief
Nov 2015
#33