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A government of a country that leads the USA in almost every public measure and index, including democracy, quality of life and life expectancy. Certainly it ca
by aryehof 10y ago
A government of a country that leads the USA in almost every public measure and index, including democracy, quality of life and life expectancy. Certainly it can't match the USA in prison population, military size, murder rate, or size of ego. One that tries through consumer laws to ensure that people are not taken advantage of by huge corporate interests seeking to only maximize their profits.
- j4kp07 10y ago"Almost every public measure and index" For one, democracy and quality of life are subjective. Second, the other data points are cherry-picked. Australia has a higher cost of living, a higher fertility rate, the Top Universities in the world 52/100 USA vs 4/100 Australia[1], the Top Medical Universities in the World 22/49 America vs 5/49 Australia[2]. And I could give you plenty more[3], but I think this proves my point. [1] http://www.thebestschools.org/features/100-best-universities-in-world-today/ http://www.thebestschools.org/features/100-best-universities... [2] https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2016/medicine https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/universi... [3] http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-beats-australia-in-data-protection-laws-microsoft/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-beats-australia-in-data-prot...
- redcap 10y agoTry accounting for population size before touting universities as a good measure of anything. Try looking up cost of tertiary education and maybe cost of medical care and see who ends up better. You haven't proved your point.
- stephen_g 10y agoWhen most of your population lives in three major cities, you only need 4/100 of the top universities! It's generally a pretty great place to live.