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posted by mrpg on Friday June 23 2017, @01:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the you-mean-the-whole-continent?!?! dept.

America leads the world when it comes to access to higher education. But when it comes to health, environmental protection, and fighting discrimination, it trails many other developed countries, according to the Social Progress Imperative, a U.S.-based nonprofit.

The results of the group's annual survey, which ranks nations based on 50 metrics, call to mind other reviews of national well-being, such as the World Happiness Report released in March, which was led by Norway, Denmark, and Iceland, or September's Lancet study on sustainable development. In that one, Iceland, Singapore, Sweden, and the U.S. took spots 1, 2, 3, and 28—respectively. 

The Social Progress Index released this week is compiled from social and environmental data that come as close as possible to revealing how people live. "We want to measure a country's health and wellness achieved, not how much effort is expended, nor how much the country spends on healthcare," the report states. Scandinavia walked away with the top four of 128 slots. Denmark scored the highest. America came in at 18. 

The Social Progress Index gives the US poor marks. America may, however, still lead the world in funny cat videos.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday June 23 2017, @01:57AM (4 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday June 23 2017, @01:57AM (#529762) Journal

    But that doesn't fit his worldview, so you're wrong and also a Communist :v

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  • (Score: 2) by Fluffeh on Friday June 23 2017, @02:44AM (3 children)

    by Fluffeh (954) Subscriber Badge on Friday June 23 2017, @02:44AM (#529778) Journal

    I think you forgot to add #fakenews on the above statements as clearly they do not fit in with a narrative that is being created.

    • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday June 23 2017, @03:21AM (2 children)

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday June 23 2017, @03:21AM (#529794) Journal

      Oh, right. Sorry. I have been Insufficiently Jingoistic^W Patriotic and will now self-arrest and turn myself in to the Ministry of Love.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @11:02PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @11:02PM (#530288)

        Jingoism is not a bad thing. The same goes for patriotism and even moderate xenophobia. Failure to establish and defend a culture means you get mowed down by some other culture.

        You can be all "progressive" and everything... and the result of that progress will be a spanish-speaking islamic rape culture with sharia and all the disfunction of a 3rd-world hellhole. Under that, people like you would be tossed off of buildings or forced to become sex slaves.

        • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday June 23 2017, @11:19PM

          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday June 23 2017, @11:19PM (#530304) Journal

          There is a difference between jingoism and patriotism. There is a difference between both of those and xenophobia. And it's darkly hilarious how all these ACs who've never met me assume I like Islam or something, when the longer-running members have been yelling at me for being Islamophobic for a while now just for pointing out how completely bass-ackwards Islam is.

          You may want to, as it was said in ancient times, "lurk moar" and learn a few things before you fire off these assumptions of yours.

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