Comments by "Regis" (@Timbo5000) on "The Infographics Show"
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We have more and better rights than you under the European Convention of Human Rights and more (privacy much better protected, right to a fair trial much better protected, no "exceptions" to the right to live as there is in America, and many other things). We don't have a 2nd amendment but all across Europe you can buy guns, the only difference is that you need a licence (which you get if you're 18+, mentally stable and acquire some experience in a shooting range, or if you study to become a hunter). Most farmers have rifles here too, for example, but guns aren't popular amongst people who don;t need them for anything.
Your income tax rate is low (and income itself high), but in terms of wealth you stand low compared to other western countries. So a lot of the western world is richer anyway at the end of the day (high bills in America?).
I live in a European country with privatised health care, so there's that. And a socialised health care system isn't by definition slow. That the one in Canada has that particular problem doesn't mean elsewhere in the world this problem isn't fixed. But I don't know enough about the waiting times to actually compare them with the US.
And you ARE flooded by refugees. More than Europe, in fact. 11 million illegals and counting, with the government being clueless on where they are and are incompetent in stopping them from coming (best "solution" yet, build a wall and have Mexico pay lol). That on a population of 300 million. In the EU, 2.5 million refugees came on a population of 500 million, and ALL of those have given finger prints and have been photographed upon arrival so they're in our system. Unlike the US, we know who they are and also where they live (we obviously provided that for them so we'd know). Moreover, the refugee stream from the ME has already been stopped by the EU with the Turkey deal. The EU stopped it within months, the US... like 20 years and counting lol
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+Lil Beaver I don't know if you're trolling but there is no one "best" country. America is lacking in many areas, but is good in others. The same holds true for other countries. There is no one country that is objectively better than all the others. There only is a group of countries that can be called better than the rest; the first world. Beyond that, you can't really say one of them is the best. America has lots of issues, way too many to be called the best and arguably even too many to be called one of the best (talking about quality of life, healthcare, education, things like that). Some European and Asian countries are consistently at the very top of those lists and can be called the best of the world (but still not one of them is the best country, they are way too similar in their performance), while the US is sometimes at the top, mostly in the lower top, occasionally even at the bottom. The US scores too inconsistently on the quality of life, etc. indices to call it the best. And even the countries that are consistenly at the top can't be objectively called better than the other countries that are also consistently at the top.
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+Marc Renel You're wrong... Your own country, France, is listed as having MORE soft power than the USA. So does the UK. In terms of economy, the EU and US are equal. The difference in hard power between the EU and US is also not big, but the US has the edge there. Innovation? I'm gonna give you a list of a few modern inventions (1990s+) of my tiny country, the Netherlands: bluetooth, blu-ray disk, DVD, wi-fi and more. You tell me what the US has invented lately. According to wikipedia the most impactful inventions they had are the scrollwheel for the PC mouse and a battery that is more energy efficient. Can't even equal a tiny country. Morals? European countries are the centre of upkeeping western morals. The US needed only ONE terrorist attack to chimp out and betray on some of the most important values we have: no imprisonment without trial and no torture! Yes, very christian of them to go around abducting and torturing suspected terrorists (with an unknown amount of innocents among them, to boot). And sure, giving everyone firearms and allowing them to shoot and kill anyone that enters their property is full of respect for human life... And the fact that people always go out of their way to greet veterans with a "thank you for your service", yet leave veterans to sometimes literally die on the streets or at least without the (psychological) care they at times need really reveals their "morals". But hey, America and taxes/social security don't mix, not even for their beloved veterans.
Unlike you, I'm NOT trying to say that X country is superior to Y, only that there is no such thing as a "best country". Remember I didn't even mention America's weak spots here (poverty, crime, zero consideration for poor people, their position on most quality of life indices, primary school education quality, their "democracy" riddled with blatant corruption, etc.), only their supposed strong points. America is a country just like any other. It has its strong points and its weak points. Other countries outshine it in many areas and it outshines other countries in other areas. All you can say is that they're one of the better countries in the world, being part of the 1st world. Beyond that... you can't really say one country is "the best". There is no such thing, only a group of countries that are clearly of the better part of the world.
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+Salterino Kripperino WW1 was not the fault of either side and there were no good or bad sides. It was the inevitable and tragic result of our European culture of clashing empires in the industrial age. We were just going to have a nice war like we always did... but this time both sides had industrial production capabilities, which made it a bit too extreme compared to the wars we had before... I'm proud to be of a country that was neutral in the disgusting waste of human life that was WW1.
WW2 was again not the fault of the British. The Nazis trampled the Versailles treaty and ignored it (good, it was a horrible treaty) and all seemed well because Britain and France actually accepted this... until Germany went too far. They could have stopped at taking back Austria, Czechoslovakia and rebuilding their military beyond the restrictions of the treaty (all of which Britain and France just accepted), but no. They went further. They took Poland after specific warnings not to. At this point armies were mobilised but still nothing happened. Then... they went even more out of bounds and started attacking the Nordic countries, the low countries, France itself.... It was absolutely the Germans that escalated WW2.
The Nazis were evil bastards that wanted to get rid of democracy and kill out entire races. They fully deserved the war, even if they wanted to sign peace with Britain. They are heroes for risking their country when Axis was winning HARD. They could have signed for peace and lost some irrelevant colonies to Germany, but they stood for their principles instead (democracy, etc.) and risked a full invasion. The British were courageous in WW2 and fought like lions. They're twice the men Americans were in WW2, you would have YELLED for peace if Germany had a border with you
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+Monsuco You call generic Hollywood films (which are riddled with Europeans and Americans alike, btw) and modern consumerist music creative? Creativity refers to art, classical music, dance, fashion, architecture etc. etc. and not that nonsense. The point of Hollywood films and most modern music is money and popularity, not creativity and intricacy. And Europe is the centre for art, classical music, dance and fashion. As for technological inventions, do tell what the US has invented in modern day times (1990's+ or 2000's+). Perhaps even a single European country can beat it, let alone all of Europe.
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