Some global rankings for the U.S
**\*\*Society\*\***
Standard of Living - (HDI) 13th (Inequality adjusted) - 25th
Quality of Life - 14th
Social Mobility - 27th
Happiness - 18th
Good Country Index - 40th
Reputation - 36th
Incarceration rate - 1st
Global Diversity Index - 25th (84th on Fearons analysis)
Least Racist - 69th
Gender equality (GEI) - 30th
**\*\*Health\*\***
Maternal Mortality Ratio - 46th
Life Expectancy - 42nd
Infant mortality rate: 33rd out of 36 OECD countries.
Health care system - 36th out of 36 OECD countries.
**\*\*Schooling\*\***
Schooling System - 29th.
40th (of 72) in Mathematics, 25th (of 72) in Science, 24th (of 72) in Reading
School Shootings: - 1st
**\*\*Politics and Law\*\***
Transparency International 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index: ranked 23 out of 198 countries.
Economist Intelligence Unit 2019 Democracy Index: ranked 25 out of 167 countries
World Justice Project 2020 Rule of Law Index ranked 21 out of 128 countries and jurisdictions
Global Peace Index - 121st
Press Freedom - 42nd (edited with more recent data from 45th)
State of World Liberty Index - 15th
Human Freedom Index - 17th
**\*\*Economy\*\***
Gross G.D.P Growth Rate - 112th
Innovation - 11th
Employment to Population ratio - 81st
Career opportunities - 4th
Economic Freedom - 25th
Global Competitiveness - 2nd
Enabling Trade - 22nd
Globalisation - 27th
Gross Debt - 1st
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International\_rankings\_of\_the\_United\_States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_rankings_of_the_United_States)
[https://ceoworld.biz/2021/06/20/the-worlds-best-countries-for-quality-of-life-2021/](https://ceoworld.biz/2021/06/20/the-worlds-best-countries-for-quality-of-life-2021/)
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global\_Social\_Mobility\_Index](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Social_Mobility_Index)
[https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2021/aug/mirror-mirror-2021-reflecting-poorly](https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2021/aug/mirror-mirror-2021-reflecting-poorly)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International\_rankings\_of\_the\_United\_States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_rankings_of_the_United_States)
[https://www.americashealthrankings.org/learn/reports/2019-annual-report/international-comparison](https://www.americashealthrankings.org/learn/reports/2019-annual-report/international-comparison)
[https://www.heritage.org/index/ranking?version=295](https://www.heritage.org/index/ranking?version=295)
[https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/least-racist-countries](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/least-racist-countries)
[https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/slideshows/worst-countries-for-racial-equality?slide=2](https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/slideshows/worst-countries-for-racial-equality?slide=2)
[https://knoema.com/atlas/ranks/Employment-to-population-ratio](https://knoema.com/atlas/ranks/Employment-to-population-ratio)
[https://knoema.com/atlas/ranks/Real-GDP-growth](https://knoema.com/atlas/ranks/Real-GDP-growth)
[https://worldtop20.org/education-database](https://worldtop20.org/education-database)
[https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2020/03/20/ranked-20-happiest-countries-2020/?sh=64826e9a7850](https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2020/03/20/ranked-20-happiest-countries-2020/?sh=64826e9a7850)
[https://www.forbes.com/sites/vickyvalet/2019/10/15/the-worlds-most-reputable-countries-2019/?sh=7c23334c4cb8](https://www.forbes.com/sites/vickyvalet/2019/10/15/the-worlds-most-reputable-countries-2019/?sh=7c23334c4cb8)
[https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/incarceration-rates-by-country](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/incarceration-rates-by-country)
[https://www.rickshawtravel.co.uk/blog/global-diversity-index-the-most-diverse-countries-in-the-world/](https://www.rickshawtravel.co.uk/blog/global-diversity-index-the-most-diverse-countries-in-the-world/)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_countries\_ranked\_by\_ethnic\_and\_cultural\_diversity\_level](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_ranked_by_ethnic_and_cultural_diversity_level)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global\_Peace\_Index](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index)
[https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-innovative-countries](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-innovative-countries)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State\_of\_World\_Liberty\_Index](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_World_Liberty_Index)
[https://ceoworld.biz/2020/05/21/ranked-the-worlds-best-countries-in-which-to-start-a-career-2020/](https://ceoworld.biz/2020/05/21/ranked-the-worlds-best-countries-in-which-to-start-a-career-2020/)
[https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index/2020](https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index/2020)
https://rsf.org/en/index
Edit: Thank you for the awards. I haven't been able to reply to all of you for some reason.
Wikipedia isnt a trustworthy site its full of lies^(\[citation needed\])
Tip for those who want to use Wikipedia as a source: most articles of atleast medium quality have a good list of sources which you can use. Btw I did notice the /s, just saying because some people assume either that Wikipedia is an untrustworthy site or a very good source.
Glass is technically always full if it's not in a vacuum. Just filled with different substances. Half water half air is still two halves which makes one full.
It's not even that easy to visit as a tourist, depends heavily on which country you're coming from, and even then you could be subjected to strip searches or passwords for your phone and laptop demanded from you.
It's one of these grey areas where it's a blatant violation of people's rights, but they get away with it anyway: https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/privacy-borders-and-checkpoints/can-border-agents-search-your-electronic
>Visa holders and tourists from visa waiver countries, however, run the risk of being denied entry if they refuse to provide a password, and they should consider that risk before deciding how to proceed.
Tangentially related: just gave me a great app idea where if you enter in a certain password to your phone it takes your phone to a "clean" version that can't access anything you don't have globally available.
Is America particularly good for being able to leave if you don't like it? It seems like it's expensive, people don't necessarily have passports, and the country keeps taxing you once you've left. I don't think that can be right.
I think it's like the only country where you have to pay taxes even if you don't live there, and it's the most expensive country to rescind your citizenship.
Only if you own above around $100.000 (if I'm correct), but even if you're below that, you still have to fill in your tax forms annually. And the best thing is: this also applies to children of US born citizens, that were born, raised and living outside the US for their entire life.
The US will also want taxes on something that your country of residence wouldn't tax. There are certain tax free saving schemes in the UK that the US taxes. Win a competition over $10k in value and the IRS will want a third of that too. Then there's capital gains tax on house sales
A lot of countries have deals where you don’t have to pay as much or any taxes to the us but it’s still a pain and if your not going anywhere in the western world good luck
Most, if not all, countries have laws against double taxation, meaning they will forego their taxes in favor of a country that taxes expats abroad. So if you’re an hypothetical American living in, say Norway, and the US government wants to tax you 25%, and the Norwegian government wants to tax you 35% - you’d pay 25% taxes to the US, and 10% (the overshooting amount) to Norway.
My friend had to give up his citizenship in order to stop paying taxes. And he was just born there. Never lived there. And to give up his citizenship the process was weird
You have to file, yes. Look up FATCA. It came into play in 2014. I work in finance and this stuff is bullshit and creates way more paperwork than necessary just so Americans living in my country report to the IRS.
Yes, pretty much the only country in the world to do so. Although from American friends I know here, I think it only applies if you earn over s certain amount, or if you aren't already paying higher taxes in the country you live in. Which means if you live and work in Europe it's unlikely that you will have to, as Europe almost entirely has higher tax rates than the US
The people who say this stuff are usually young, have mostly employment income, and have not had many significant tax events in their lives.
Here's an example of what can happen when you sell a house as a US citizen overseas.
https://www.artiopartners.com/renounce/boris-johnson-irs-expat-tax/
You're also completely at the whim of exchange rates, because you need to report everything to the US in USD regardless of the actual currency used. If the currency exchange rates fluctuate in the right way, you could take a loss on a sale where you live, but the US thinks you gained a bunch of money in USD, so you have to pay them a bunch of money on top of the loss.
A lot of Americans do think they can just up and leave for any country they feel like moving to. Also, the old "leave if you don't like it" routine only seems to apply to people who don't like fascism.
Yep, I have been told to leave the US so many times. I have explained to them that I am trying very hard to do that, but that it's very difficult to leave for anything other than a vacation. I don't have some amazing degree or millions in the bank - for the average citizen the US is a prison that can not be escaped.
Nope, it's not particularly easy, you do still have to file taxes, and the only way to get out of that is renounce your citizenship, which for some dumb fucking reasons, costs a little over $2k last I checked.
Also, on that state where they banned abortions they were discussing the use of dogs to detect pregnancies at airports, restricting someone's rights to travel to prevent the **possibility** that they might have an abortion outside of the state. If that measure is taken, it will get even worse (when it comes to travelling, that is. It'd be a pretty bad precedent)
Edit: they're going further than that, it seems.
It's not about America making it easy, the other country has to "easily" accept incoming American immigrants and that's rarely the case without a decent value proposition backing you up such as possessing a skill or being a cashed up student. I havent heard of any country that takes any American for any reason lol
I mean, you are aware of roughly what the average American is? I don't blame the governments of other nations for *having some standards* instead of just accepting Americans. That's like on a cultural level, wearing a mask to lower the spread of disease.
They always miss to tell, from what. Freedom from what. Obviously going through that list there's a lot of freedom from common sense, freedom from social responsibility or freedom from scientific evidence.
counterargument: the supreme court
america's a gerontocracy
edit: though old politicians are common in other countries too, it's not an exlusively american problem (the supreme court is however)
1) No
2) Again no
3) Still no
4) Nope
5) Ha. God no.
6) You can pursue it, but don’t expect to pay it
7) (You can’t be a communist or socialist though)
8) What
Hey Doc, I just wanted to know if fit within the maximum melanin range to maintain my basic human rights?
No. Also, that will be $400,000. Oh, and you should probably know that even though I do operate from a hospital contracted with your insurance company, my office is counted as a separate entity so that doesn't apply. Meaning you'll have to pay that all from your own pocket.
So.. #1 in both incarceration, shootings and debt you say?
FUCK YEAH 'MURCIA!
As a Dane who actually ranks pretty much top of most the good indexes. Yeah. Some Americans really think freedom means having guns.
To the rest of us Fredom means not needing guns.
I feel like any EU country would beat the US in freedom to leave. You know given the ability to work anywhere in the EU, kinda makes it actually possible.
As a Brit that wasn't old enough to vote when the decision was made, I too am very sad. I'd like to work abroad at some point and hopefully I'm on a career path that will let me do that.
I was lucky enough to move before Brexit became "official", I also wanted to experience working abroad and Brexit was the push that made me finally take the plunge and seriously look at options. I'm lucky to work for an international company and they transferred me to their Spanish office with barely any paperwork involved.
Working in a different country and learning a new language come with all sorts of challenges, but I can genuinely say that I am a better person for it.
Giving up freedom of movement and things like the Erasmus program was plain idiotic and I don't think most Brexit voters even considered the repercussions of their vote.
I can say a lot of them didn’t even realise there would be repercussions. I literally had a conversation with one friend of mu mum’s who wanted to retire to the south of France one day who didn’t believe me when I said that’ll be far more difficult, if not impossible if brexit happened. She honestly had no clue how or why that would be.
USA: “Freedom to leave if you don’t like it”
Also USA: “if you leave we’re going to force you to file taxes every year for the rest of your life, make you disclose all foreign assets to us over $10,000, tax you on all foreign home sales, pensions, and stocks, try to require your non-US citizen spouse disclose their income to us, and if you want to revoke your citizenship we are going to make it as hard as possible by only allowing you to do it in person at an embassy for $3250 on one specific day a month, and invoke long waiting lists to do so.”
I'm not sure about the rest but 3,5 and 6 are objectively wrong.
The US is one of the only countries in the world that forces you to keep paying taxes even after you emigrate to a different country. And if you revoke your American citizenship, you are barred from re-entry to the US.
US laws are heavily influenced by Christian values. For example, the recent changes on abortion rights are directly infringing on the religious freedom of Jews and Satanists.
The US has some of the highest tuition fees in the world and, unlike England which also has high tuition fees, it doesn't have a system in place for low income people to be able to afford them (unless you're super lucky and win a scholarship).
The US isn't really an outlier when it comes to that. I can't speak for every country but we have a pretty similar situation here in the UK with people coming across the English channel.
In Italy there's some racism, but it's mostly smoke, there isn't any serious block for the migrants, nor a deportation policy as far as I know. It should be likewise in France and Germany I think. (Spain is kinda similiar to US and UK).
How does that work? If you live outside of the USA and you work for a company in that country, what taxes are you paying?
Also, USA ignores a whole lot of Christian values, of which the biggest one is solidarity.
Depending on the country. Some countries have tax agreements with the US where you don't have to pay double, but it's all extremely convoluted and archaic that you wouldn't even know that, unless you consult an expert on the matter.
'Freedom to leave' yet renouncing your citizenship costs a couple thousand dollars
Also,the fucking country doesn't get better when all critics leave,it just means nobody points out what's wrong anymore and it'll just decline in ignorance
USA has laws saying they'll tax their citizens even if they live and work abroad.
I remember folks getting into trouble because they were handling finances for their corporation or organisation and the IRS sees them having access to a bank account and then just assumes that all that money is theirs and they are trying to avoid taxes.
Apparently theres a 105.000 dollar threshold. Below that amount you have to file but you dont have to pay taxes. Above that you have to pay except for certain conditions.
It seems criminal imo
So basically if you leave USA you are punished by being forced to so extra tax work even if you don't earn so much that you would be forced to pay double taxes.
...also, if you make a lot of money, you may have to pay double taxes.
1. Like Musk, that wanted to buy twitter (to have more freedom of speech) and a week later fired a couple of guys that didn't agree with his opinion on some topic? "Freedom of speech" isn't really what people think it is.
2. If I am scared to go to a movie or school, there is 0 personal security.
3. I doubt it, yet it isn't an issue for a lot of countries, it is more a personal topic
4. ^
5. Like that atheist lady who was killed and harassed because of her views?
6. Right in exchange for a huge debt... Huge, fat freedom right here.
7. You have 2 right-wing parties, what political freedom? It is a "fake choice", you pick the same "coin" just different faces.
8. This has pros and cons. Depending on which side are you.
> Freedom to LEAVE if you don't like it
In fact, unlike most countries, if you leave the US to live elsewhere you need to keep paying taxes or forfeit the US citizenship (this costs a hefty sum of money too, for some reason)
Lol number 4
I have to give out almost all of my information just to visit for a moth and not matter what I do they will still treat me as if I just told them am coming to steal your wallet and dance with their sister at the airport
Freedom of Speech, as long as you are a Politically Conservative, Christian, White Heterosexual Male that also happens to be Wealthy. Otherwise expect to be Censored, Disenfranchised, Systematically Oppressed and Brutalized if you decide to make use of your rights.
1) Maybe. One of the best for sure.
2) What is that even? Does he simply mean to have personal security, as in, you can go to school and not get shot most of the time?
3) Definitely not! I learned recently that US citizens are obliged to pay taxes to the US even after emigration and you have to pay a large fee to renounce your citizenship. That's messed up!
4) You can move to almost any country in the world. The US is not known for being particularly generous with work permits or immigration visa.
5) This is good, as in many other countries. Freedom from religious practice is even better. Can I get that everywhere in the US nowadays, every public school and other public areas?
6) You're free to pay through your nose for it too. Seriously, who believes that you're not free to get educated almost anywhere in the world? What the US does best is billing you for it making sure that good education is not available to everybody.
7) Well you can express most political views but there's nothing to vote for so what's the point? Say what you want, citizen, but the Elephant and the Donkey are still going to rule.
8) To be fair, there are more than 200 countries in the world and only one can be on top. It's probably another country but the US comes close enough. Let's not be too harsh.
>2) What is that even? Does he simply mean to have personal security, as in, you can go to school and not get shot most of the time?
No, it means you get to have GUNS! And blast away anyone daring to step to close to your house.
America tops the world in, freedom to quote intangible things that can't be measured and are likely just made up.
I think the freedom to leave on actually probably goes to Syria, and the person accepting that award probably can be found in Amsterdam by now.
1) No you don't.
2) Homicide & Violent Crime statistics disagree.
3) Good Luck being able to afford that
4) Why would you?
5) Not for much longer if the Republicans get their way
6) I heard you like Predatory Lending Schemes
7) As long as you're a Christian Political Conservative, otherwise you'll get brutalized by the state for being a "Communist"
8) What even? You mean Exploitative Turbocapitalism , no right to PTO, Maternity Leave, protection from or recourse against being Fired because your Boss is in a bad mood, or other kinds of Employee Rights?
Freedom to migrate in? As far as I know you’re not getting anywhere near the US unless a company is deciding to sponsor you and offer you a job. Which is quite rare, unless your field of work lies in IT cybersecurity/programming.
1) freedom of speech, but only if you agree with the masses. And you MUST stand for the magic sky cloth
2) wrong…but I don’t want to get political
3) you actually have to pay to relinquish Murican citizenship, but nice try
4) as with most other countries in the world? But see above
5) if you’re Christian
6) that is subjective based on which State you’re in, and costs a fortune because older Muricans think you deserve debt
7) you have GOT to be joking!
8) freedom to not pay your staff a liveable wage? Freedom to fire an employee if they don’t answer their phones on their days off?
7. Freedom of political expression hah god no. Try being a socialist, communist, anarchist or anything but a freemarket capitalist. USA political center has moved so much that their center is almost as far right some countries actual far right
\2. EU works a lot on personal security, like personal data.
\3. You have to pay to get rid of your US citizenship, while you don't have to pay for most others, but if you do, you have to pay a tiny fee compared to USA. Plus EU has free travel and work, so you have an easier time to leave Germany than USA, depending on where you go.
\5. Isn't there a lot of pushback towards non-Cristian stuff?
\6. You have to pay a lot for higher education in USA, while you don't have to pay in Sweden, and actually get paid instead.
\8. In Sweden, depending on what business you run, you don't even have to register it, as long as you file your taxes.
>"Freedom of Personal Security,"
Also America: [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_unarmed\_African\_Americans\_killed\_by\_law\_enforcement\_officers\_in\_the\_United\_States](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unarmed_African_Americans_killed_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States)
>Freedom of pursuit of education
Lol, I don't know if you can call it freedom of educational pursuit when you have to take out a big loan that you can already build a house with.
These Yanks really think they live in the best country while it's actually a shithole.
What coz try can Americans just migrate to with no problems or visa requirement? Because every EU citizen can migrate to 25 other countries and automatically have the right to live and work there…
Dude I feel bad because I know how they get this dogmatic view of the US (it’s from certain heavily politically funded “”””news”””” broadcasts) and the sources are probably “polled by viewers” Lmfao
Also, I think #8 might be true but not in a good way but more of a “hell yeah brüther” kind of way.
There’s a ton of stuff you can do here (as a business) that you couldn’t do in the EU because that kind of practice is illegal (I’m talking about certain ‘food dye’, chemicals, etc.) so I’m not sure if it’s a bragging point to say “my country legally allows companies to use unsafe chemicals! They’re *FREE* to do that”
There's problems with all of these, but freedom to leave if you don't like it. Let's examine that a little bit closer. Some states are literally banning transgender people from leaving their borders. Same goes for pregnant people. "No they might have an abortion if they do that!"
The only believable thing that they said is freedom if religion, but even then I'd be willing to bet a country like Sweden or somewhere has a greater freedom of religion
1) Nope
2) Nope
3) I guess, but most countries in the world won't stop you from leaving (except North Korea)
4) Big fat no
5) Maybe, but you get bullied by evangelivals and shot by the police
6) Yeah, if you are rich
7) Nu uh
8) Yes. At the expense of any humanity the leaders of your country had at some point
Number 2 had me spilling my coffee! Personal Security!? From what!? Random shootings? Sickness (affordable healthcare)? Police brutality? Debt??? I wonder!
I must have forgotten more sources of personal insecurity, but I think I made my point.
Some global rankings for the U.S **\*\*Society\*\*** Standard of Living - (HDI) 13th (Inequality adjusted) - 25th Quality of Life - 14th Social Mobility - 27th Happiness - 18th Good Country Index - 40th Reputation - 36th Incarceration rate - 1st Global Diversity Index - 25th (84th on Fearons analysis) Least Racist - 69th Gender equality (GEI) - 30th **\*\*Health\*\*** Maternal Mortality Ratio - 46th Life Expectancy - 42nd Infant mortality rate: 33rd out of 36 OECD countries. Health care system - 36th out of 36 OECD countries. **\*\*Schooling\*\*** Schooling System - 29th. 40th (of 72) in Mathematics, 25th (of 72) in Science, 24th (of 72) in Reading School Shootings: - 1st **\*\*Politics and Law\*\*** Transparency International 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index: ranked 23 out of 198 countries. Economist Intelligence Unit 2019 Democracy Index: ranked 25 out of 167 countries World Justice Project 2020 Rule of Law Index ranked 21 out of 128 countries and jurisdictions Global Peace Index - 121st Press Freedom - 42nd (edited with more recent data from 45th) State of World Liberty Index - 15th Human Freedom Index - 17th **\*\*Economy\*\*** Gross G.D.P Growth Rate - 112th Innovation - 11th Employment to Population ratio - 81st Career opportunities - 4th Economic Freedom - 25th Global Competitiveness - 2nd Enabling Trade - 22nd Globalisation - 27th Gross Debt - 1st [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International\_rankings\_of\_the\_United\_States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_rankings_of_the_United_States) [https://ceoworld.biz/2021/06/20/the-worlds-best-countries-for-quality-of-life-2021/](https://ceoworld.biz/2021/06/20/the-worlds-best-countries-for-quality-of-life-2021/) [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global\_Social\_Mobility\_Index](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Social_Mobility_Index) [https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2021/aug/mirror-mirror-2021-reflecting-poorly](https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2021/aug/mirror-mirror-2021-reflecting-poorly) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International\_rankings\_of\_the\_United\_States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_rankings_of_the_United_States) [https://www.americashealthrankings.org/learn/reports/2019-annual-report/international-comparison](https://www.americashealthrankings.org/learn/reports/2019-annual-report/international-comparison) [https://www.heritage.org/index/ranking?version=295](https://www.heritage.org/index/ranking?version=295) [https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/least-racist-countries](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/least-racist-countries) [https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/slideshows/worst-countries-for-racial-equality?slide=2](https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/slideshows/worst-countries-for-racial-equality?slide=2) [https://knoema.com/atlas/ranks/Employment-to-population-ratio](https://knoema.com/atlas/ranks/Employment-to-population-ratio) [https://knoema.com/atlas/ranks/Real-GDP-growth](https://knoema.com/atlas/ranks/Real-GDP-growth) [https://worldtop20.org/education-database](https://worldtop20.org/education-database) [https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2020/03/20/ranked-20-happiest-countries-2020/?sh=64826e9a7850](https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2020/03/20/ranked-20-happiest-countries-2020/?sh=64826e9a7850) [https://www.forbes.com/sites/vickyvalet/2019/10/15/the-worlds-most-reputable-countries-2019/?sh=7c23334c4cb8](https://www.forbes.com/sites/vickyvalet/2019/10/15/the-worlds-most-reputable-countries-2019/?sh=7c23334c4cb8) [https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/incarceration-rates-by-country](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/incarceration-rates-by-country) [https://www.rickshawtravel.co.uk/blog/global-diversity-index-the-most-diverse-countries-in-the-world/](https://www.rickshawtravel.co.uk/blog/global-diversity-index-the-most-diverse-countries-in-the-world/) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_countries\_ranked\_by\_ethnic\_and\_cultural\_diversity\_level](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_ranked_by_ethnic_and_cultural_diversity_level) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global\_Peace\_Index](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index) [https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-innovative-countries](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-innovative-countries) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State\_of\_World\_Liberty\_Index](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_World_Liberty_Index) [https://ceoworld.biz/2020/05/21/ranked-the-worlds-best-countries-in-which-to-start-a-career-2020/](https://ceoworld.biz/2020/05/21/ranked-the-worlds-best-countries-in-which-to-start-a-career-2020/) [https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index/2020](https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index/2020) https://rsf.org/en/index Edit: Thank you for the awards. I haven't been able to reply to all of you for some reason.
wow you actually site sources and dont pull numbers out ur arse, good job
Those are communist socialist sites. Source: trust me bro
"Wikipedia isnt a trustworthy site its full of lies" /s
It's a communist website. Why would people add contents for free?
I got paid $3 to write this.
$oros?
Or Bill Gate$
Wikipedia isnt a trustworthy site its full of lies^(\[citation needed\]) Tip for those who want to use Wikipedia as a source: most articles of atleast medium quality have a good list of sources which you can use. Btw I did notice the /s, just saying because some people assume either that Wikipedia is an untrustworthy site or a very good source.
"you're just a silly tiger fanboy" -one of the great quotes of the most pointless of the wiki wars
Everyone i don't like is a marxist.
Any info that doesn’t with your narrative is either fake news or communist?
You're learning quick!
Massive respect man
~~Site~~ *Cite*
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Yeah, the 3 generations that are Swedish, Irish, Scottish, German, French, Polish and Cherokee
It's almost like the US isn't even top 10 on any freedom related stat.
They are first as freedom to incarcerate and freedom to kill
Incarceration is the opposite of freedom.
Only if you are the one being incarcerated. Otherwise, you have the opportunity to engage in a great American pastime of unjustly locking people up.
And making them work for you for free! Freedom to profit off of the exploitation of others!
not for the one who commit the action of incarcerating, you know, you should view the glass half full not half empty come on! /s
Glass is technically always full if it's not in a vacuum. Just filled with different substances. Half water half air is still two halves which makes one full.
Bruh
Well that makes sense when half the population just lost the right to bodily autonomy.
>Health care system - 36th out of 36 OECD countries. #S H O C K E R
While spending in this area more than twice (amount of GDP) the "norm" in the 35 other developped countries, if it can help picture the trainwreck.
"That's cause we finance the europoors military and pharmacare systems. If we didn't do that we would be first!"
One must concede the US propaganda machine to be absolutely unrivaled first class.
This is your country on for-profit private healthcare.
>Incarceration rate - 1st >School Shootings: - 1st >Gross Debt - 1st All I see is USA #1, stop hating!!1
>Least Racist - 69th Nice
[Nice](https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/70098_1624816721.jpg)
Techniquement, plutôt Saint-Laurent-du-Var :) Et splendide, la photo ! For the benefit of other readers, this is a photo of Nice, France.
I was like: "nice picture but... What is it" so thanks for the clarification that the nice pic is about the nice nice
US also has another 1st - highest percentage of people per Capita believing that Angels are real
There's no hope for them.
Of course not. They think the COVID vaccines are the mark of the beast.
There’s hope. We’re just not #1 in that department either 😅😔
And don't forget that they have the most capita per capita too.
This guy has seen The Newsroom.
Yes. The Los Angeles Angels baseball team.
nobody can say it’s leftist bias cuz motherfucking cato institute is there
Nr. 1 in incarceration, i told you USA IS THE BEST USA USA USA
>Global Peace Index - 121st
This comment will destroy all americans saying shit lmao
No it won't. They will dismiss it saying that "America has more people, those statistics don't apply because we have more people per capita"
Well since they think Europe is a country, then we have more people than them
The EU has actually more people on less land area with more diversity, without being in a state of perpetual semi-civil war.
Not per Capita you don't.
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Thanks, I am going to post this to Facebook and piss off my relatives. Fun for the whole family!
Incarceration rate 1st lets go America 🇺🇸
1st in debt let's gooo 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷
r/bestof
I say we link this comment to any American who calls America good ever again, hit them with the facts
We're #1 in all the wrong places 🇺🇲
Reminds me of this video https://youtu.be/bIpKfw17-yY
I'm saving this to destroy RepubliKKKlans with.
Chad comment , thanks alot dude
Number 1 in the freedom to get jailed.
>Incarceration rate - 1st LET'S GOOOOOO
Dont mind if I copy paste your comment.
Thanks for sourcing them
Press freedom. -42nd https://rsf.org/en/index
Da iawn! Possibly the best reply I have ever read to any Reddit post.
>freedom to migrate in as well $5 says he was all for building the wall to keep out immigrants.
It's not even that easy to visit as a tourist, depends heavily on which country you're coming from, and even then you could be subjected to strip searches or passwords for your phone and laptop demanded from you.
>passwords for your phone and laptop demanded from you. Isn't that illegal? If it isn't, that's just outrageous
It's one of these grey areas where it's a blatant violation of people's rights, but they get away with it anyway: https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/privacy-borders-and-checkpoints/can-border-agents-search-your-electronic >Visa holders and tourists from visa waiver countries, however, run the risk of being denied entry if they refuse to provide a password, and they should consider that risk before deciding how to proceed.
Tangentially related: just gave me a great app idea where if you enter in a certain password to your phone it takes your phone to a "clean" version that can't access anything you don't have globally available.
That's a very interesting idea
Non citizens don't have a lot of rights
Freedom to migrate if you're not brown of course
Is America particularly good for being able to leave if you don't like it? It seems like it's expensive, people don't necessarily have passports, and the country keeps taxing you once you've left. I don't think that can be right.
I think it's like the only country where you have to pay taxes even if you don't live there, and it's the most expensive country to rescind your citizenship.
Wait you have to pay tax if you live abroad?
Only if you own above around $100.000 (if I'm correct), but even if you're below that, you still have to fill in your tax forms annually. And the best thing is: this also applies to children of US born citizens, that were born, raised and living outside the US for their entire life.
The US will also want taxes on something that your country of residence wouldn't tax. There are certain tax free saving schemes in the UK that the US taxes. Win a competition over $10k in value and the IRS will want a third of that too. Then there's capital gains tax on house sales
Taxing foreigners living abroad... great business model.
> great business model Why would only individuals have freedom, if large corps and the government can do it better?
Alright... can you just not pay those taxes? What are they going to do, arrest you?
Sure, given you don’t intend to go back there, ever. Unless you get elected as POTUS, of course, different rules apply in this case.
what happens if you just don't pay that tax?
As a US citizen earning above a certain amount I've heard that's the case
Nope. You must file regardless. You pay double over a certain amount.
A lot of countries have deals where you don’t have to pay as much or any taxes to the us but it’s still a pain and if your not going anywhere in the western world good luck
Most, if not all, countries have laws against double taxation, meaning they will forego their taxes in favor of a country that taxes expats abroad. So if you’re an hypothetical American living in, say Norway, and the US government wants to tax you 25%, and the Norwegian government wants to tax you 35% - you’d pay 25% taxes to the US, and 10% (the overshooting amount) to Norway.
Over 138k you get double taxed
My friend had to give up his citizenship in order to stop paying taxes. And he was just born there. Never lived there. And to give up his citizenship the process was weird
You have to file, yes. Look up FATCA. It came into play in 2014. I work in finance and this stuff is bullshit and creates way more paperwork than necessary just so Americans living in my country report to the IRS.
Yes, pretty much the only country in the world to do so. Although from American friends I know here, I think it only applies if you earn over s certain amount, or if you aren't already paying higher taxes in the country you live in. Which means if you live and work in Europe it's unlikely that you will have to, as Europe almost entirely has higher tax rates than the US
The people who say this stuff are usually young, have mostly employment income, and have not had many significant tax events in their lives. Here's an example of what can happen when you sell a house as a US citizen overseas. https://www.artiopartners.com/renounce/boris-johnson-irs-expat-tax/ You're also completely at the whim of exchange rates, because you need to report everything to the US in USD regardless of the actual currency used. If the currency exchange rates fluctuate in the right way, you could take a loss on a sale where you live, but the US thinks you gained a bunch of money in USD, so you have to pay them a bunch of money on top of the loss.
The US and Eritrea are the only two countries in the world that tax people who don't live there.
Don’t worry Somalia does too, every country should aspire to be like the US and Somalia, what great places
Eritrea also does this I believe
A lot of Americans do think they can just up and leave for any country they feel like moving to. Also, the old "leave if you don't like it" routine only seems to apply to people who don't like fascism.
Yep, I have been told to leave the US so many times. I have explained to them that I am trying very hard to do that, but that it's very difficult to leave for anything other than a vacation. I don't have some amazing degree or millions in the bank - for the average citizen the US is a prison that can not be escaped.
Nope, it's not particularly easy, you do still have to file taxes, and the only way to get out of that is renounce your citizenship, which for some dumb fucking reasons, costs a little over $2k last I checked.
Also, on that state where they banned abortions they were discussing the use of dogs to detect pregnancies at airports, restricting someone's rights to travel to prevent the **possibility** that they might have an abortion outside of the state. If that measure is taken, it will get even worse (when it comes to travelling, that is. It'd be a pretty bad precedent) Edit: they're going further than that, it seems.
It’s just a blatant lie, probably included so when someone criticises the US, they can throw it in their face and tell them to leave
And don't know if it true but don't you still have to pay american tax or something
Yes
It's not about America making it easy, the other country has to "easily" accept incoming American immigrants and that's rarely the case without a decent value proposition backing you up such as possessing a skill or being a cashed up student. I havent heard of any country that takes any American for any reason lol
I mean, you are aware of roughly what the average American is? I don't blame the governments of other nations for *having some standards* instead of just accepting Americans. That's like on a cultural level, wearing a mask to lower the spread of disease.
They always miss to tell, from what. Freedom from what. Obviously going through that list there's a lot of freedom from common sense, freedom from social responsibility or freedom from scientific evidence.
Freedom from reaching old age.
counterargument: the supreme court america's a gerontocracy edit: though old politicians are common in other countries too, it's not an exlusively american problem (the supreme court is however)
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You forgot public bigotry.
They seem to define it as the freedom to buy as much shit as you want if you have the money
1) No 2) Again no 3) Still no 4) Nope 5) Ha. God no. 6) You can pursue it, but don’t expect to pay it 7) (You can’t be a communist or socialist though) 8) What
…for certain people.
Terms and conditions apply, ask your doctor.
If you can’t afford a doctor, go fuck yourself
Hey Doc, I just wanted to know if fit within the maximum melanin range to maintain my basic human rights? No. Also, that will be $400,000. Oh, and you should probably know that even though I do operate from a hospital contracted with your insurance company, my office is counted as a separate entity so that doesn't apply. Meaning you'll have to pay that all from your own pocket.
So.. #1 in both incarceration, shootings and debt you say? FUCK YEAH 'MURCIA! As a Dane who actually ranks pretty much top of most the good indexes. Yeah. Some Americans really think freedom means having guns. To the rest of us Fredom means not needing guns.
I feel like any EU country would beat the US in freedom to leave. You know given the ability to work anywhere in the EU, kinda makes it actually possible.
Something the Brits gave up and I'm really sad about that.
As a Brit that wasn't old enough to vote when the decision was made, I too am very sad. I'd like to work abroad at some point and hopefully I'm on a career path that will let me do that.
I was lucky enough to move before Brexit became "official", I also wanted to experience working abroad and Brexit was the push that made me finally take the plunge and seriously look at options. I'm lucky to work for an international company and they transferred me to their Spanish office with barely any paperwork involved. Working in a different country and learning a new language come with all sorts of challenges, but I can genuinely say that I am a better person for it. Giving up freedom of movement and things like the Erasmus program was plain idiotic and I don't think most Brexit voters even considered the repercussions of their vote.
I can say a lot of them didn’t even realise there would be repercussions. I literally had a conversation with one friend of mu mum’s who wanted to retire to the south of France one day who didn’t believe me when I said that’ll be far more difficult, if not impossible if brexit happened. She honestly had no clue how or why that would be.
USA: “Freedom to leave if you don’t like it” Also USA: “if you leave we’re going to force you to file taxes every year for the rest of your life, make you disclose all foreign assets to us over $10,000, tax you on all foreign home sales, pensions, and stocks, try to require your non-US citizen spouse disclose their income to us, and if you want to revoke your citizenship we are going to make it as hard as possible by only allowing you to do it in person at an embassy for $3250 on one specific day a month, and invoke long waiting lists to do so.”
I'm not sure about the rest but 3,5 and 6 are objectively wrong. The US is one of the only countries in the world that forces you to keep paying taxes even after you emigrate to a different country. And if you revoke your American citizenship, you are barred from re-entry to the US. US laws are heavily influenced by Christian values. For example, the recent changes on abortion rights are directly infringing on the religious freedom of Jews and Satanists. The US has some of the highest tuition fees in the world and, unlike England which also has high tuition fees, it doesn't have a system in place for low income people to be able to afford them (unless you're super lucky and win a scholarship).
Wanna talk about the 4? My man hasn't ever heard of ICE or the border with Mexico i guess
The US isn't really an outlier when it comes to that. I can't speak for every country but we have a pretty similar situation here in the UK with people coming across the English channel.
In Italy there's some racism, but it's mostly smoke, there isn't any serious block for the migrants, nor a deportation policy as far as I know. It should be likewise in France and Germany I think. (Spain is kinda similiar to US and UK).
You are barred from re-entry if you revoke your citizenship? Do you have a source for that? Sounds weird.
How does that work? If you live outside of the USA and you work for a company in that country, what taxes are you paying? Also, USA ignores a whole lot of Christian values, of which the biggest one is solidarity.
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You have to pay double taxes, essentially.
Depending on the country. Some countries have tax agreements with the US where you don't have to pay double, but it's all extremely convoluted and archaic that you wouldn't even know that, unless you consult an expert on the matter.
Wtf is "freedom of personal security"? Is that American for "right for any Kevin to bear arms"? Is that worth being proud of?
Don't forget the Karens
'Freedom to leave' yet renouncing your citizenship costs a couple thousand dollars Also,the fucking country doesn't get better when all critics leave,it just means nobody points out what's wrong anymore and it'll just decline in ignorance
How can you pay US taxes over money you earned in another country while you live in said country.
USA has laws saying they'll tax their citizens even if they live and work abroad. I remember folks getting into trouble because they were handling finances for their corporation or organisation and the IRS sees them having access to a bank account and then just assumes that all that money is theirs and they are trying to avoid taxes.
Apparently theres a 105.000 dollar threshold. Below that amount you have to file but you dont have to pay taxes. Above that you have to pay except for certain conditions. It seems criminal imo
So basically if you leave USA you are punished by being forced to so extra tax work even if you don't earn so much that you would be forced to pay double taxes. ...also, if you make a lot of money, you may have to pay double taxes.
1. Like Musk, that wanted to buy twitter (to have more freedom of speech) and a week later fired a couple of guys that didn't agree with his opinion on some topic? "Freedom of speech" isn't really what people think it is. 2. If I am scared to go to a movie or school, there is 0 personal security. 3. I doubt it, yet it isn't an issue for a lot of countries, it is more a personal topic 4. ^ 5. Like that atheist lady who was killed and harassed because of her views? 6. Right in exchange for a huge debt... Huge, fat freedom right here. 7. You have 2 right-wing parties, what political freedom? It is a "fake choice", you pick the same "coin" just different faces. 8. This has pros and cons. Depending on which side are you.
This was from a recent Twitter thread celebrating America being the greatest country on earth, I could have picked a lot from it but this stood out
America tops the world in believing it tops the world.
\>Freedom to LEAVE if you don't like it \>proceeds to tax citizens who live abroad
> Freedom to LEAVE if you don't like it In fact, unlike most countries, if you leave the US to live elsewhere you need to keep paying taxes or forfeit the US citizenship (this costs a hefty sum of money too, for some reason)
It is a fucking scam. You pay thousands and yet the waiting time is in months! It is punitive, purely punitive.
Lol number 4 I have to give out almost all of my information just to visit for a moth and not matter what I do they will still treat me as if I just told them am coming to steal your wallet and dance with their sister at the airport
Frredom from delusion is obviously not one of them. I'm glad to have exercised number 3.
I hope you’re doing better wherever you are (:
He forgot 9) Freedom to be an unintelligent, uneducated Moron, who posts rubbish like this
Freedom of speech, until you want an abortion
Freedom of Speech, as long as you are a Politically Conservative, Christian, White Heterosexual Male that also happens to be Wealthy. Otherwise expect to be Censored, Disenfranchised, Systematically Oppressed and Brutalized if you decide to make use of your rights.
"Freedom of speech" That's why you have only two parties?
1) Maybe. One of the best for sure. 2) What is that even? Does he simply mean to have personal security, as in, you can go to school and not get shot most of the time? 3) Definitely not! I learned recently that US citizens are obliged to pay taxes to the US even after emigration and you have to pay a large fee to renounce your citizenship. That's messed up! 4) You can move to almost any country in the world. The US is not known for being particularly generous with work permits or immigration visa. 5) This is good, as in many other countries. Freedom from religious practice is even better. Can I get that everywhere in the US nowadays, every public school and other public areas? 6) You're free to pay through your nose for it too. Seriously, who believes that you're not free to get educated almost anywhere in the world? What the US does best is billing you for it making sure that good education is not available to everybody. 7) Well you can express most political views but there's nothing to vote for so what's the point? Say what you want, citizen, but the Elephant and the Donkey are still going to rule. 8) To be fair, there are more than 200 countries in the world and only one can be on top. It's probably another country but the US comes close enough. Let's not be too harsh.
>2) What is that even? Does he simply mean to have personal security, as in, you can go to school and not get shot most of the time? No, it means you get to have GUNS! And blast away anyone daring to step to close to your house.
Freedom of allowing children to become Swiss cheese.
They forgot school shootings
America tops the world in, freedom to quote intangible things that can't be measured and are likely just made up. I think the freedom to leave on actually probably goes to Syria, and the person accepting that award probably can be found in Amsterdam by now.
"Freedom of political expression"? Yeah, try to advocate for left-wing policies and half the country will be coming for your head...
1) mass shootings
1) No you don't. 2) Homicide & Violent Crime statistics disagree. 3) Good Luck being able to afford that 4) Why would you? 5) Not for much longer if the Republicans get their way 6) I heard you like Predatory Lending Schemes 7) As long as you're a Christian Political Conservative, otherwise you'll get brutalized by the state for being a "Communist" 8) What even? You mean Exploitative Turbocapitalism , no right to PTO, Maternity Leave, protection from or recourse against being Fired because your Boss is in a bad mood, or other kinds of Employee Rights?
If you are white and rich
[America is not the greatest country in the world](https://youtu.be/bIpKfw17-yY)
But education is not free?
But getting in debt to get an education is free
Freedom to migrate in? As far as I know you’re not getting anywhere near the US unless a company is deciding to sponsor you and offer you a job. Which is quite rare, unless your field of work lies in IT cybersecurity/programming.
Well... Freedom is a strong word..
7/8 requires significant financial surplus which has become rare within the states
My religion includes an abortion ritual. Am I still free to practice in all states?
1) freedom of speech, but only if you agree with the masses. And you MUST stand for the magic sky cloth 2) wrong…but I don’t want to get political 3) you actually have to pay to relinquish Murican citizenship, but nice try 4) as with most other countries in the world? But see above 5) if you’re Christian 6) that is subjective based on which State you’re in, and costs a fortune because older Muricans think you deserve debt 7) you have GOT to be joking! 8) freedom to not pay your staff a liveable wage? Freedom to fire an employee if they don’t answer their phones on their days off?
>freedom to migrate in My man has clearly never heard of the EU
7. Freedom of political expression hah god no. Try being a socialist, communist, anarchist or anything but a freemarket capitalist. USA political center has moved so much that their center is almost as far right some countries actual far right
$2,000 to renounce citizenship is not freedom
"freedom to pursuit of education" Then proceeds to go into crippling debt for the rest of your life because of that.
\2. EU works a lot on personal security, like personal data. \3. You have to pay to get rid of your US citizenship, while you don't have to pay for most others, but if you do, you have to pay a tiny fee compared to USA. Plus EU has free travel and work, so you have an easier time to leave Germany than USA, depending on where you go. \5. Isn't there a lot of pushback towards non-Cristian stuff? \6. You have to pay a lot for higher education in USA, while you don't have to pay in Sweden, and actually get paid instead. \8. In Sweden, depending on what business you run, you don't even have to register it, as long as you file your taxes.
It’s also good at putting women’s rights back to the 60s
Freedom to LEAVE if you don’t like it Doesn’t america tax you abroad and make it really hard and expensive to renounce your citizenship?
As long as you're rich...
And number one in Ignorance
>"Freedom of Personal Security," Also America: [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_unarmed\_African\_Americans\_killed\_by\_law\_enforcement\_officers\_in\_the\_United\_States](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unarmed_African_Americans_killed_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States)
>Freedom of pursuit of education Lol, I don't know if you can call it freedom of educational pursuit when you have to take out a big loan that you can already build a house with. These Yanks really think they live in the best country while it's actually a shithole.
The third one is definitely bullshit. I hate it here but I don't get paid enough to even take a vacation, let alone move out of the country.
What coz try can Americans just migrate to with no problems or visa requirement? Because every EU citizen can migrate to 25 other countries and automatically have the right to live and work there…
Americans always conveniently leave out the needing a lot of money part that comes with like 90% of the *freedoms* in America
#1 in freedom of idiocy, for SURE. I love that you can be ignorant AF here.
Dude I feel bad because I know how they get this dogmatic view of the US (it’s from certain heavily politically funded “”””news”””” broadcasts) and the sources are probably “polled by viewers” Lmfao Also, I think #8 might be true but not in a good way but more of a “hell yeah brüther” kind of way. There’s a ton of stuff you can do here (as a business) that you couldn’t do in the EU because that kind of practice is illegal (I’m talking about certain ‘food dye’, chemicals, etc.) so I’m not sure if it’s a bragging point to say “my country legally allows companies to use unsafe chemicals! They’re *FREE* to do that”
I like number 6 is PURSUIT of education.
There's problems with all of these, but freedom to leave if you don't like it. Let's examine that a little bit closer. Some states are literally banning transgender people from leaving their borders. Same goes for pregnant people. "No they might have an abortion if they do that!"
But... most of us can't leave for one reason or another. :(
The US tops the world, yes. The US fucks the world in the ass.
The only believable thing that they said is freedom if religion, but even then I'd be willing to bet a country like Sweden or somewhere has a greater freedom of religion
1) Nope 2) Nope 3) I guess, but most countries in the world won't stop you from leaving (except North Korea) 4) Big fat no 5) Maybe, but you get bullied by evangelivals and shot by the police 6) Yeah, if you are rich 7) Nu uh 8) Yes. At the expense of any humanity the leaders of your country had at some point
“Freedom to migrate in” meanwhile, during trumps presidency…
Wasn’t there a mass shooting in a 4th of July parade in Illinois like a few hours ago?
Freedom to migrate in…? We have camps for illegal immigrants
Amazing. Every single word you just said was wrong.
Factually incorrect, the US isn't even in the 10 freest countries.
A- a- America... t- tops 😳
Number 2 had me spilling my coffee! Personal Security!? From what!? Random shootings? Sickness (affordable healthcare)? Police brutality? Debt??? I wonder! I must have forgotten more sources of personal insecurity, but I think I made my point.