Why are their HDI always so high?
High GDP per capita
I WAS BORN
>>52411683
Because we didn't fuck up developing a large nation like you did Brazil. The best you can aspire to be like in the next 60 years is the US South maybe, which is objectively our worst region.
because the UN is their puppet
Because Jesus loves us more.
>>52411683
They're not even top 5
cause no matter what you want to meme us for quality of life is extremely high here unless you are in the bottom rung (10-15%) of society
Someone's going to ask for it to be posted, I'll do the honours
>>52411683
high living standards for most people. take your 300 dollar middle class elsewhere.
>>52411844
We're doing well for a country of 330,000,000 instead of a meme country with 6,000,000.
>>52411791
Didn't even say anything about Brazil m8
I'll fuck off from here as soon as I get a chance
>>52411961
Explain to me how pop. numbers affect this rating?
>>52412064
Organizing a huge nation is hard, there are a lot of rough spots, but even our worst areas aren't doing so bad that they drag down the entire nation.
>>52412115
Considering the US is a fairly highly federalized country I think you're overstating the organisational challenge here mate.
If anything the large scale of all undertakings should reduce costs on a per capita basis
>>52412064
It's far, far easier to give people welfare money and benefits when you only have six million people and a shitload of oil like Norway than it is for 330 million people like us.
>>52412230
>federalized
>>52412230
It's not as federalized as it used to be, but also even with that, that leaves open room for each individual state to fuck things up, not every state knows how to be a winner
>>52412115
>>52412230
Both of you are right.
In terms of effective governance, the best population is something the size of a Scandi country. Because people can be well-represented and the country is relatively homogeneous while having enough people to support advanced industries
However, having a large population gives you huge advantages when you think about economies of scale, building up strong businesses with a large domestic market to help you, and so on
>>52411683
They never lost a war
>>52412276
So wellfare=HDI?
Also how would this compare to countries that unlike norway have almost no natural resources that are still high up?
>when your country is small it's easier to hand out welfare
>this is what Americans believe
life in america is pretty stressful and they still have death penalties and their cops violate human rights everyday. they also have a serious drug and gang problem.
>>52412911
Unlike Sweden, America has tons of large cities instead of just like 2 or 3. They're all different, and some don't have drug and gang problems and some do. We have at least 3 cities that don't really, so we're already matched up with Sweden
>>52412911
>life in america is pretty stressful
it's chill as fugg for most
>death penalties
don't murder
> their cops violate human rights everyday.
I go fishing with them, never seen this
>they also have a serious drug and gang problem
weed is legal for me
>gangs
maybe if I drive 6 hours south
tell me more about my country
>>52412911
no it isn't
none of that shit has ever directly affected me, and it never will
>>52412911
Look into your future. The future of a non-homogenous society.
>>52412911
it's pretty sad that you think this affects us
>>52413270
>They're all different
>american cities
>>52412911
The death penalty is being phased out. There were only 27 executions this year.
>>52412911
>Country with two cities above half a million population wonders why a country with 34 cities above half a million population has some cities with problems
>>52412363
>not every state knows how to be a winner
How are they even allowed to call themselves a state anymore?
Why not use IHDI instead? Using HDI to measure quality of life is like using RBI to decide the MVP in baseball.
>>52413270
So how's life in Kansadelphia City, Ohillinois?
>>52413555
Kansas City is larger than Sweden's third largest city, Malmo. And Swedes think Malmo is a big deal
>>52413509
They're basically a state created entirely out of Appalachian areas, which are the worst areas of any state with Appalachian areas.
>>52413353
>it doesn't affect me directly
>it doesn't affect us
you're retarded
>>52411683
Oil.
>>52413614
>swedes think malmo is a big deal
malmo is a meme on /int/, you have no idea what you're talking about
>>52413676
Nah, you are. But I'm not gonna argue with someone who thinks he knows more about life in my country of 25 years than I do.
>>52413446
Does the US really have only 34 cities with above half a million people?
That's quite odd, we have around 40 and we have over 100m people less.
>>52413721
>no u
america is a very unsafe country
>>52414037
According to wikipedia yes. But it probably depends on how you count it. New York proper has technically only 8 million people, but counting the full extent of the city, it's 11 million people. Wikipedia's list only lists the 8 million in the city count though.
why can't ameritards accept their flaws?
>>52414438
because
>muh land of freedom.
>muh culture center.
>>52412911
That is all wrong. And to be quite honest, mostly affects black people
>>52414199
Of course if you compare homicide rates in cities to those of entire countries it's going to be higher. There's just naturally more crime in cities.
17 trillion debt and rising leads to artificially high wages
Mostly white and from British colonial rule.
Economy boom after WWII
Strong patriotism and believing we're the free land and best in the world, maybe it made us like that. Sort of how you become what you think you are. If you think you're a beta fag you're going to act like one.
Good military.
>>52414438
Detroit is factored into HDI calculations
>>52411683
Because HDI is inherently flawed, and in the American case, lumps stupidly wealthy people together with the middle man, and averages everything up. Once inequality kicks in, America is Poland tier in human development.
high GDP per capita (higher than pretty much any European country)
>>52416747
That's not too big in relation to our GDP.
