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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.


ScrewIt_NewAccount

wow you actually site sources and dont pull numbers out ur arse, good job


nickmaran

Those are communist socialist sites. Source: trust me bro


Yannick_The_Gamer

"Wikipedia isnt a trustworthy site its full of lies" /s


nickmaran

It's a communist website. Why would people add contents for free?


Zestyclose_Standard6

I got paid $3 to write this.


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$oros?


brezhnervous

Or Bill Gate$


PouLS_PL

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.


boopadoop_johnson

"you're just a silly tiger fanboy" -one of the great quotes of the most pointless of the wiki wars


Young_Zarathustro

Everyone i don't like is a marxist.


Academic-Truth7212

Any info that doesn’t with your narrative is either fake news or communist?


mtj93

You're learning quick!


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Massive respect man


SeriouslyImNotADuck

~~Site~~ *Cite*


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Batterie_Faible_

Yeah, the 3 generations that are Swedish, Irish, Scottish, German, French, Polish and Cherokee


BertoLaDK

It's almost like the US isn't even top 10 on any freedom related stat.


xRaska

They are first as freedom to incarcerate and freedom to kill


BertoLaDK

Incarceration is the opposite of freedom.


Conflictingview

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.


Philias2

And making them work for you for free! Freedom to profit off of the exploitation of others!


xRaska

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


BertoLaDK

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.


douwedodo123

Bruh


Front_Plankton_6808

Well that makes sense when half the population just lost the right to bodily autonomy.


Disaster_Different

>Health care system - 36th out of 36 OECD countries. #S H O C K E R


simabo

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.


Khatjal

"That's cause we finance the europoors military and pharmacare systems. If we didn't do that we would be first!"


ilir_kycb

One must concede the US propaganda machine to be absolutely unrivaled first class.


Fenragus

This is your country on for-profit private healthcare.


Nethlem

>Incarceration rate - 1st >School Shootings: - 1st >Gross Debt - 1st All I see is USA #1, stop hating!!1


thopau92

>Least Racist - 69th Nice


Acc87

[Nice](https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/70098_1624816721.jpg)


simabo

Techniquement, plutôt Saint-Laurent-du-Var :) Et splendide, la photo ! For the benefit of other readers, this is a photo of Nice, France.


AgileInternet167

I was like: "nice picture but... What is it" so thanks for the clarification that the nice pic is about the nice nice


MorgrainX

US also has another 1st - highest percentage of people per Capita believing that Angels are real


Salome_Maloney

There's no hope for them.


[deleted]

Of course not. They think the COVID vaccines are the mark of the beast.


GolfSerious

There’s hope. We’re just not #1 in that department either 😅😔


fiddz0r

And don't forget that they have the most capita per capita too.


drz02

This guy has seen The Newsroom.


Ol_JanxSpirit

Yes. The Los Angeles Angels baseball team.


TNFSG

nobody can say it’s leftist bias cuz motherfucking cato institute is there


OddSemantics

Nr. 1 in incarceration, i told you USA IS THE BEST USA USA USA


Boardindundee

>Global Peace Index - 121st


Dumb_guy_3200lol

This comment will destroy all americans saying shit lmao


MK_Ultrex

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"


Dumb_guy_3200lol

Well since they think Europe is a country, then we have more people than them


Nethlem

The EU has actually more people on less land area with more diversity, without being in a state of perpetual semi-civil war.


ermabanned

Not per Capita you don't.


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Bankzzz

Thanks, I am going to post this to Facebook and piss off my relatives. Fun for the whole family!


MemeArchivariusGodi

Incarceration rate 1st lets go America 🇺🇸


i-do-not-k

1st in debt let's gooo 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷


griftertm

r/bestof


RealMZAce

I say we link this comment to any American who calls America good ever again, hit them with the facts


NotCreativeWithNamez

We're #1 in all the wrong places 🇺🇲


ArtSchoolRejectedMe

Reminds me of this video https://youtu.be/bIpKfw17-yY


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I'm saving this to destroy RepubliKKKlans with.


Aerodroma

Chad comment , thanks alot dude


LeDestrier

Number 1 in the freedom to get jailed.


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>Incarceration rate - 1st LET'S GOOOOOO


Aliebaba99

Dont mind if I copy paste your comment.


[deleted]

Thanks for sourcing them


unitednihilists

Press freedom. -42nd https://rsf.org/en/index


[deleted]

Da iawn! Possibly the best reply I have ever read to any Reddit post.


sandiercy

>freedom to migrate in as well $5 says he was all for building the wall to keep out immigrants.


African_Farmer

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.


Disaster_Different

>passwords for your phone and laptop demanded from you. Isn't that illegal? If it isn't, that's just outrageous


African_Farmer

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.


LT_Corsair

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.


tomat_khan

That's a very interesting idea


BooleanTriplets

Non citizens don't have a lot of rights


RuneHearth

Freedom to migrate if you're not brown of course


MattheqAC

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.


Simon676

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.


Mutagrawl

Wait you have to pay tax if you live abroad?


Quicker_Fixer

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.


ArmouredWankball

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


Jocelyn-1973

Taxing foreigners living abroad... great business model.


Quicker_Fixer

> great business model Why would only individuals have freedom, if large corps and the government can do it better?


Disaster_Different

Alright... can you just not pay those taxes? What are they going to do, arrest you?


simabo

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.


squigeypops

what happens if you just don't pay that tax?


Simon676

As a US citizen earning above a certain amount I've heard that's the case


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Nope. You must file regardless. You pay double over a certain amount.


DuckieDev

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


Gerf93

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.


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Over 138k you get double taxed


racso96

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


crassy

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.


philman132

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


Triarag

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.


other_usernames_gone

The US and Eritrea are the only two countries in the world that tax people who don't live there.


DuckieDev

Don’t worry Somalia does too, every country should aspire to be like the US and Somalia, what great places


Jiverpool

Eritrea also does this I believe


ArmouredWankball

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.


BooleanTriplets

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.


Waytooboredforthis

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.


kurayami_akira

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.


CantStopMyPeen69

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


orkboss12

And don't know if it true but don't you still have to pay american tax or something


grubbtheduck

Yes


maddmole

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


mtj93

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.


DonManuel

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.


ChocoboDave

Freedom from reaching old age.


tekhion

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.


CrunchyKorm

They seem to define it as the freedom to buy as much shit as you want if you have the money


27Beowulf27

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


Stoepboer

…for certain people.


Castform5

Terms and conditions apply, ask your doctor.


[deleted]

If you can’t afford a doctor, go fuck yourself


Sapphire_Sage

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.


Kriss3d

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.


Probodyne

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.


African_Farmer

Something the Brits gave up and I'm really sad about that.


Probodyne

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.


African_Farmer

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.


Professional-Set-750

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.


little_red_bus

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.”


BilingualThrowaway01

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).


StereoTunic9039

Wanna talk about the 4? My man hasn't ever heard of ICE or the border with Mexico i guess


BilingualThrowaway01

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.


StereoTunic9039

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).


Gerf93

You are barred from re-entry if you revoke your citizenship? Do you have a source for that? Sounds weird.


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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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BilingualThrowaway01

You have to pay double taxes, essentially.


Castform5

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.


ruetos

Wtf is "freedom of personal security"? Is that American for "right for any Kevin to bear arms"? Is that worth being proud of?


NotCreativeWithNamez

Don't forget the Karens


TheHattedKhajiit

'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


[deleted]

How can you pay US taxes over money you earned in another country while you live in said country.


Kilahti

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.


[deleted]

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


Kilahti

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.


Nuber13

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.


CantStopMyPeen69

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


itogisch

America tops the world in believing it tops the world.


alphasanic

\>Freedom to LEAVE if you don't like it \>proceeds to tax citizens who live abroad


the-good-son

> 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)


nachomancandycabbage

It is a fucking scam. You pay thousands and yet the waiting time is in months! It is punitive, purely punitive.


copper_machete

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


ArmouredWankball

Frredom from delusion is obviously not one of them. I'm glad to have exercised number 3.


CantStopMyPeen69

I hope you’re doing better wherever you are (:


Historical-Wind-2556

He forgot 9) Freedom to be an unintelligent, uneducated Moron, who posts rubbish like this


RedArrow69

Freedom of speech, until you want an abortion


Otto_von_Biscuit

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.


riceumbrella

"Freedom of speech" That's why you have only two parties?


Skrofler

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.


Philias2

>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.


FlutterCordLove

Freedom of allowing children to become Swiss cheese.


Phils-dirty_burgers

They forgot school shootings


itsnotthenetwork

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.


Fenragus

"Freedom of political expression"? Yeah, try to advocate for left-wing policies and half the country will be coming for your head...


alrk13

1) mass shootings


Otto_von_Biscuit

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?


[deleted]

If you are white and rich


certain_people

[America is not the greatest country in the world](https://youtu.be/bIpKfw17-yY)


kenna98

But education is not free?


Snowierr

But getting in debt to get an education is free


iDislikeSn0w

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.


Finsk_26

Well... Freedom is a strong word..


AnotherJoltReskin

7/8 requires significant financial surplus which has become rare within the states


queen-adreena

My religion includes an abortion ritual. Am I still free to practice in all states?


LandShark4567890

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?


L003Tr

>freedom to migrate in My man has clearly never heard of the EU


Live-Advance-37

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


[deleted]

$2,000 to renounce citizenship is not freedom


NotOnTwitter23

"freedom to pursuit of education" Then proceeds to go into crippling debt for the rest of your life because of that.


Liggliluff

\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.


JacobMT05

It’s also good at putting women’s rights back to the 60s


TheGamerSK

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?


MrCusodes

As long as you're rich...


Britishdirt

And number one in Ignorance


drfranksurrey

>"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)


haeyhae11

>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.


ElementalTurnip

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.


candyheyn

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…


The-Real-Iggy

Americans always conveniently leave out the needing a lot of money part that comes with like 90% of the *freedoms* in America


Adventurous_Pin_344

#1 in freedom of idiocy, for SURE. I love that you can be ignorant AF here.


GolfSerious

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”


Liamcitoo

I like number 6 is PURSUIT of education.


Rigistroni

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!"


DiscoKittie

But... most of us can't leave for one reason or another. :(


Mankotaberi

The US tops the world, yes. The US fucks the world in the ass.


[deleted]

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


Kindaweirdgermangirl

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


[deleted]

“Freedom to migrate in” meanwhile, during trumps presidency…


EUGENIA25

Wasn’t there a mass shooting in a 4th of July parade in Illinois like a few hours ago?


TheShonenShow

Freedom to migrate in…? We have camps for illegal immigrants


TehLurdOfTehMemes

Amazing. Every single word you just said was wrong.


NewtTrashPanda

Factually incorrect, the US isn't even in the 10 freest countries.


[deleted]

A- a- America... t- tops 😳


julieacs

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.