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In reply to the discussion: H2O Man Survey #39 [View all]guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)52. The US has literally always been at war.
Against other countries, against the indigenous inhabitants of this country, against the non-white inhabitants of this country.
Against drugs, against alcohol, against sex, against women.
The US spends more on its war machine than every country on earth combined. So much that the US alone among the OCDE countries does not have universal coverage for health care.
Number 1 in violence but number 37 in health care.
Is it any wonder that the most warlike country in the world is awash in gun violence?
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I feel strongly that acknowledging and changing the way this country feels about race, its culture
Brickbat
Jul 2015
#1
Definitely lots of overlap -- which makes it hard, because so many people just want to focus on one
Brickbat
Jul 2015
#8
I have been to countries far more dense and a lot less violent.in fact USA is wide open spaces
Person 2713
Jul 2015
#53
Many other countries also have better health care outcomes (and for far less money).
merrily
Jul 2015
#27