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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS is becoming a 'developing country' on global rankings that measure democracy, inequality
The United States may regard itself as a leader of the free world, but an index of development released in July 2022 places the country much farther down the list.
In its global rankings, the United Nations Office of Sustainable Development dropped the U.S. to 41st worldwide, down from its previous ranking of 32nd. Under this methodology an expansive model of 17 categories, or goals, many of them focused on the environment and equity the U.S. ranks between Cuba and Bulgaria. Both are widely regarded as developing countries.
The U.S. is also now considered a flawed democracy, according to The Economists democracy index.
As a political historian who studies U.S. institutional development, I recognize these dismal ratings as the inevitable result of two problems. Racism has cheated many Americans out of the health care, education, economic security and environment they deserve. At the same time, as threats to democracy become more serious, a devotion to American exceptionalism keeps the country from candid appraisals and course corrections.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-becoming-developing-country-global-121839525.html
Solly Mack
(90,787 posts)Faux pas
(14,690 posts)Not surprised at all. The "others" must be so proud
durablend
(7,465 posts)angrychair
(8,733 posts)Disappointing but not the least bit surprising.
Biophilic
(3,694 posts)We just seem to be developing in the wrong direction. We simply must win the vote this fall. So much is resting on it.
NQAS
(10,749 posts)We beat out Bulgaria.
SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)vote, don't want us involved in government oversight, don't want us to collect any benefits what-so-ever, keep paying our taxes w/o question forever.
These thugs ushered in the "Age of Flawed Democracy", as opposed to the Golden Age, or the Bronze Age, etc.
This will be remembered one day, as the Age when long established democracy in the US, was threatened as never before.