Originally Posted by germanaviator

Sorry, off topic, but I didn't start it ;-)



I'm not sure if you are being serious but in case you are: By most measures it is not. Neither is my country by the way.

I had a quick look at rankings from a wide range of international sources by country based on freedom, GDP, heaths systems, obesity, drug addiction, violent crime, higher education, obesity, happiness, suicide rates and much more. The US is not the number one in any(!) of these rankings.

Doesn't mean it's a bad country. It does have its major flaws though and is far from perfect. Being able to see and admit this does not mean one isn't a patriot. It just means one isn't an idiot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freedom_indices

https://worldpopulationreview.com/co...e-in-the-world

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ion_attainment

https://www.worldometers.info/gdp/gdp-per-capita/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...of_opiates_use

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._homicide_rate

https://worldpopulationreview.com/co...tes-by-country

https://ourworldindata.org/illicit-drug-use

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_...ppiness_Report

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where-to-be-born_Index

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...y_obesity_rate

oh, and before anyone objects to my use of wikipedia. Wikipedia is not the source of the data. Each linked article has plenty of citations including the original data sources.