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Or are cynical Americans living in an alternate world, blind to how much better the rule of law is here than most other countries? The commenter's comparison wa
by bjt 1y ago
Or are cynical Americans living in an alternate world, blind to how much better the rule of law is here than most other countries? The commenter's comparison was to Russia. When was the last time Putin lost an election?
I'd say we're slightly behind western Europe as far as rule of law goes, not really sure about the advanced east (Japan, Korea), and miles ahead of just about everywhere else (eastern Europe, Russia, Africa, China, etc). Yes, even with Trump in office, though he really makes me worry.
- jmknoll 1y agoI mean, the sitting President was shilling cars on the White House lawn and runs an active meme coin bribery slush fund. This is not slightly behind Western Europe. This is miles behind any developed country. China may be corrupt, but Xi Jinping hasn’t yet sold beans or cars via press conference.
- 9x39 1y agoThe rule of law gets down to nitty-gritty levels, too, not just a reality show at the highest altitudes: trust the police don't extort you, the ability to gain relief in court (small claims or civil), trust things you build won't be looted overnight, trust in your neighborhood to walk at night or leave something unlocked, trust in your bank to wire things, trust in your title companies, trust in your package deliveries, etc. It's not perfect, but you could do so, so much worse.
- rini17 1y ago"Could be much worse" is a platitude not an argument. "It is improving" might be, if it were true.
- 9x39 1y agoI often couch my arguments in soft language like a conversation would be in order to have a discussion. The idea that the US is miles behind developed nations is nonsense.
- rini17 1y agoDepends. Would you still insist it's nonsense if any of these things you mentioned happened to you or your family?
- lucianbr 1y agoWhy are these alternatives? I believe it is true that the situation in the US is better than many other countries (not most), and also that "almost no corruption" is false. Being better than others really isn't the only thing that matters.
- edflsafoiewq 1y agoIf you pursue excellence, you compare yourself against the best, not the worst.
- rat9988 1y agoThen the russian fellow shouldn't have dared to compare USA to his country?