If America is so terrible, why is it consistently in the top 20 of all relevant ratings? HDI, SPI, Median income, Where to be Born etc.
>HDI
>unironically resorting to paki rankings for damage control
It's jealously/insecurity
>>59611848
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_inequality-adjusted_HDI
>27th
Adjust for wealth inequality and the US plummets m8
>>59612015
>inequality
Explain to me why you think a high school dropout who works at McDonalds should earn as much as someone who spent 10 years completing a PhD in engineering with a side business degree?
>>59611848
>>59612015
>beneath booland
>>59612015
>Take HDI
>Tack on an extra rating
>Call it accurate
>>59612088
So does the UK but no one brings it up nearly as often.
>>59612146
All IHDI measures is the quality of life of the poorest strata, not the average.
>>59612157
The UK gains places when adjusted for inequality
Does the average upper middle class American lives better than the average Norwegian? No memes please
>>59612146
so his children would be able to complete PhD's in engineering. Also: why wouldn't both make enough to have a nice life? Not everything is about money.
>>59612223
Which is hilarious to say the least. Shows how shit of an index it is.
America is a devloping nation.
Compare places like Beverly Hills California to Flint Michigan to see how much of a shithole this country really is.
It ranks #1 in Where to be Shot ranking.
>>59612284
ITT: Norwegians who have never lived in America, Americans who have never lived in Norway and finally both sides pretending to have lived in either country.
>>59612401
It's like that in almost every big country you traitorous cuck
Having a large population helps
>>59612206
Right, and there are losers in every society.
When governments dump welfare on their "poorest strata," the QoL is raised for them. The welfare money comes from the rich and middle, which drags both of them down.
>>59612284
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_proven_oil_reserves
>USA 36,000 MMbbl per 320,000,000 people
>Norway 7,000 MMbbl per 5,000,000 people
>0.0001 vs. 0.0014 MMbbl per capita (14 fold difference)
Okay.
>>59612314
>so his children would be able to complete PhD's in engineering.
Poverty is positively correlated to IQ, so not really. There's this little thing called genetics you should look into.
>>59612464
Not in countries like Switzerland or Denmark.
>>59612368
Oh dear, you're a special one. Inequality isn't about muh top 1%. it's measured by the GINI coefficient
>This unironically triggers the Yuropoor
>They will vehemently deny this and try to argue that it's shit compared to "Hyper inequality measuring, no guns allowed adjusted" Index
>>59612601
Gini coefficient measures income disparity from the top 10% to the bottom 10%, UK is still the worst and Europe and almost US tier. It even has worse social mobility despite lower inequality.
>>59612489
>Poverty is positively correlated to IQ
[citations needed]
>There's this little thing called genetics you should look into.
IQ is not necessarily linked to genetics, nor is IQ linked to academic achievement/bussines achievement. A lot of children that are mentally capable are not able to develop themselves simply because their parents lack the money to fund them.
You still did not answer my question btw
>>59612563
Those aren't big countries.
>>59611848
Because the US is a big and easy target to take on and ignore your own countries problems.
>>59612015
>20th place
YES! BRAVO!
>>59612830
do you know any other developped countries with size comparable to the united states of america?
>>59612489
>Poverty is positively correlated to IQ, so not really. There's this little thing called genetics you should look into.
Predetermination is so retarded, this is the reason why we genocided all of the protestants
Did you know Napoleon came from an irrelevant tiny Corsican house, was of low rank, and he got bullied in school ?
Hitler was basically a poor hobo failure of a man
>>59612830
Japan is the closest in terms of population and they are not a complete shithole.
>>59613033
>Hitler was basically a poor hobo failure of a man
And he became a rich, powerful failure.
>>59612314
If you're poor and smart you can actually get a lot of financially aid and have less debt from said PhD than someone from a middle class background.
>>59613033
>we genocided all of the protestants
?
>>59612646
>My random graph off Google is better than your ransom graph off Google because reasons
>>59613070
>Japan's 15.7% poverty rate is above than countries which have less resources and are less developed than Japan, namely, Slovak Republic (6.5%), Slovenia (7.2%), and Poland (10.1%) Poverty rate is increasing at an alarming rate of 1.3% in Japan, since 1985. The poverty rate increase average is 1.0% annually for all other OECD member nations, just below the US.
>>59612720
nope, it's only just behind France after tax. the gini coefficient uses a cumulative distribution function. it has nothing to do with the top 10% and bottom 10%.
>american education strikes again
>>59613193
Deal with it nerd :^)
>>59613161
in theory perhaps, but not in practice. That still doesn't explain why a PhD should earn exponantialy more than a burger flipper. It is just nice to have a society where no one is poor as fuck, with less room for social devision.
>>59613033
>this is the reason why we genocided all of the protestants
I'm still here.
>Lazy catholics can't even genocide without cutting corners
>>59613273
My mistake.
>R/P 10%: The ratio of the average income of the richest 10% to the poorest 10%
>>59613239
Yeah but isn't the poverty rate set my each country so you can't make a direct comparison?
Borderline poverty in Japan probably isn't poverty in poland
>>59611848
>Top 20
wow you really set the bar high there, José
How about top 10, or top 5 if you want to impress someone.
>>59613375
>That still doesn't explain why a PhD should earn exponantialy more than a burger flipper.
PhDs honestly don't make that much here . A Master's in Finance or a Bachelor's from a good school will probably get you to a higher income level.
>>59613273
>it's only just behind France after tax.
Ok? That's nothing special. You're still one of the worst.
>>59613515
This looks like a particularly weird set of countries chosen to line up with the point being made
>>59613604
They're all OECD countries, but I can understand your point.
>"land of opportunity"
Land of the poorest social mobility in the developed world.
>>59611848
false jewish statistics, don't trust the Jews.
>>59613463
It's measured by less than 50% of the median income but you're right, it's not an exact measure. The problem is that absolute poverty rates are so low that they are near 0 in western countries.
>>59613703
Hehe
>>59613375
>>59613177
St Barthelemy massacre for example
The King wanted to befriend the protestants.
Organized a marriage, giving a French princess, to a protestant man ! (who just happened to be Henri IV)
Everyone was pissed.
Catholics ordered the city to be closed off.
Opened every house, rounded up all the protestants.
Stripped them naked, killed them all, threw them in the Seine.
Protestant nobles were taken out of the palace, the same happened to them.
The king wanted to stop it since it went too far, but no one gave a shit.
Really an important, defining part of French and European history imo
>>59613870
that is like saying the americans killed every high schooler because columbine happened.
I also don't like how you went in to that much detail. Just saying "we killed a bunch of protestant lmao" would have sufficed.
>>59614056
Columbine was just one high school tho, on the other hand not many protestants were left after that
Anyways what do i care what you like, you ask me a question i give you a real answer of what actually happened not 2ines little quip bullshit
