The US is the greatest country in the world. Every American politician, late night show host, entertainer, personality or news host will confirm that fact. Most Americans, who are actually United States of America Americans, though they have illegitimately taken the continental identity from all of North, Central and South Americans. But who are these people?
Military …1….
The U.S. has by far the largest and most powerful military in the world. According to Wikipedia, in 2018, the U.S. military budget accounted for 36 percent of the world’s defence expenditures. The U.S. Air Force is the world’s largest air force, while the U.S. Army Aviation Branch is the second largest, and the U.S. Naval Air Forces is the fourth largest. The U.S. Marine Corps Aviation branch is the world’s seventh largest air force. The U.S. Navy is the world’s largest navy by tonnage. The U.S. Coast Guard is the 12th largest maritime force in the world. The U.S. Space Force is the world’s only active independent entity with such a bombastic name, and The U.S. Army is only the second largest in terms of manpower behind China. But there is no arguing that the U.S. has the biggest military. Which is like saying that they are the kid on the street with the biggest muscles. That of course doesn’t make that kid the best or the brightest, just the biggest. (1)
The U.S. also maintains 800 military bases outside the United States. This coincidentally gives Americans the idea that they somehow are protecting the world, which of course they aren’t. those bases are designed to intimidate both friend and foe in order to force compliance to U.S. wishes. Otherwise called “FORCE PROJECTION”..
How the US got many of these bases is interesting. They basically swindled Britain in 1941, (when Britain was in no position to negotiate), to give up bases in return for a bunch of scrap, mothballed WW1 destroyers that had an active projected lifetime of about two years, The U.S. of course, still has the bases
Economy.…2….
With the world’s largest economy, hundreds of overseas military bases, and leadership positions in various international institutions, the United States is an undeniable global power. Through negotiation, purchase, conflict, and invasion, the country more than tripled in size between 1783 and 1853. By the middle of the 1880s, the United States had surpassed Britain as the world’s leading producer of manufactured goods and steel. Yet despite their growing wealth, Americans still steered clear of foreign entanglement. With the 1823 Monroe Doctrine, President James Monroe, warned European powers, not to meddle in the region, and that further attempts at colonization would be viewed as a hostile act against the United States. Over the next two centuries the U.S. grew as European powers lost influence and power through the independence of their territories. Through two World Wars, the U.S, unblemished by war, profited immensely through production and sale of military equipment. (2)
Finance …3…
While the U.S. does not directly control international banking, the US$ gives it disproportionate clout in U.S$ denominated trades, There is no single nation or institution that calls the shots in international banking. If anything, real control is split between the senior bankers and Government officials of London, New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo. SWIFT, a global member-owned cooperative and the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services. is overseen by the G-10 central banks of (Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland, and Sweden), as well as the European Central Bank, The Chairman of the Board of Directors of SWIFT is, of course, an American. (Yawar Shah) Managing Director, of Citi, USA. (3.)
So, The US is the biggest , the richest and possibly the most powerful nation on earth, but why would someone want to live there. or more to the point, is there a benefit to living there. Staying on the subject of economy for a moment, but moving from international economics to personal economics, Economic inequality is higher in the U.S. than in virtually all other advanced countries. The American political system, coupled with high initial inequality, gave the rich, enough political influence to change laws to benefit themselves, further exacerbating inequality.
Wages…4…
Minimum wage in the U.S. is $7.25. In Canada $10.33. In Germany, Great Britain, France, Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, Australia and Ireland, the minimum wage exceeds $11.00. And these numbers are all converted to U.S. dollars. So why would anyone want to live in the country where you will earn the lowest pay?
Of course YOU won’t be one of those people making minimum wage. YOU will be one of the rich. There are at least 1.25 million Americans (just over 1% of the population) who earn less than or equal to the federal minimum wage as of 2021. 44.3% of all U.S. workers with earnings at or below the minimum wage are under 25 years old. 247,000 U.S. workers earn exactly the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median wage for workers in the United States in the second quarter of 2022 was about $1,041 per week or $54,132 per year. A lot of money? It is estimated that an American household spends an average of $61,334 per year on their expenses, with housing being the largest expense at $21,409 per year. Salaries for real people (Cashier $26,780), Receptionist ($32,910), Secondary School Teacher ($69,490). The average Chief Executive Officer salary in the United States is $805,107 as of October 27, 2022, but the range typically falls between $608,548 and $1,037,325. Compare these numbers to Germany where the average wage per month is 3,975 Euros/month – $4,274 USD/Month or $50,802 per year. On average, to cover your living expenses in Germany you will need around 11,208 euros per year or $10,876 US dollars). An experienced secondary school teacher’s average salary 62.255 € – $64,299
Happyness
Here are the happiest and least happy countries around the world:
The happiest countries:
Finland
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. Iceland
5. Netherlands
6. Switzerland
7. Sweden
8. New Zealand
9. Canada
10. Australia
The least happy countries:
South Sudan
2. Central African Republic
3. Afghanistan
4. Tanzania
5. Rwanda
6. Yemen
7. Malawi
8. Syria
9. Botswana
10. Haiti
The U.S. ranked 16 in 2022
Best Country to live in 2023 – From sources across the web
1.Canada, 2. New Zealand, 3. Denmark, 4. Australia, 5. Germany, 6. Sweden, 7. Switzerland, 8. Norway, 9. Finland, 10. Netherlands.
The U.S. ranked 16th in the list identified although other organizations list it higher.
Violent Crime
There were 542 homicides reported by police in Canada for a rate of 1.8 per 100,000 population, compared to 15,517 homicides in the U.S., for a rate of 5.5 per 100,000 population.. Note that Canada’s population is about 1/10th that of the U.S. A 1/1 comparison would predict a U.S. violent crime rate of about 5.420 crimes.
The safest countries in the world are: Iceland, New Zealand, Ireland, Denmark, Austria, Portugal, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Singapore, and Japan. These countries have low crime rates and stable political systems, making them ideal destinations for travelers and expats alike. The United States ranks at 129th with a score of 2.44, marking the country’s score “low.” Just above the U.S. is Azerbaijan, and just below is Brazil.
Racism Index.
Best Countries rankings from U.S. News, the 2022 Best Countries for Racial Equality rankings are drawn from a global survey
Of 85 countries assessed for 2022, the United States finished in 65th place – a lower ranking than Hungary, a country whose prime minister, Viktor Orban, has been known for his hardline stance against immigration.
The top ten countries are:
1. The Netherlands,
2. Sweden,
3. Norway,
4. Canada,
5. Finland,
6. Denmark,
7. New Zealand,
8. Switzerland,
9. Belgium,
10. Australia
Gender Equality
Top 10 Countries with the Highest Gender Equality (2021 World Economic Forum)
- Iceland — 89.2%
- Finland — 86.1%
- Norway — 84.9%
- New Zealand — 84.0%
- Sweden — 82.3%
- Namibia — 80.9%
- Rwanda — 80.5%
- Lithuania — 80.4%
- Ireland — 80.0%
- Switzerland — 79.8% –
( The U.S. ranked 27th, which is better than the previous year’s rank of 30th. )
Income Equality
OECD countries with high equality AFTER taxes and transfers
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Canada
- Chile
- Costa Rica
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
U,S. ranks 37th of 37 countries
U.S. is Number 1
MOST GUNS PER CAPITA – with 120 guns per 100 people
MOST MASS KILLINGS
The U.S. endures the most mass shootings in the world, Depending upon one’s definition of a mass shooting (see next section)—somewhere between 21 and more than 600 in 2020. A 2015 Politifact article correcting then-President Barack Obama’s statement that no other advanced country experiences mass shootings like the U.S. cited data from 2000 to 2014 to prove that mass shootings do indeed happen in other advanced countries. However, the article conceded that the U.S. experienced 133 shootings during that period, while the next-highest total was Germany with six.
There have been more than 200 mass shootings across the US so far IN 2023, ( June 10, 2023) according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are injured or killed.
