Oddbean new post about login | logout While I think voting and democracy are important I’m pretty sure most people around the world are not dreaming of the broken American political and social systems. Most people I talk to outside the US assume the country is a violent dangerous place with a crazy system of elections and broken healthcare system. It’s been at least a decade since I heard people say much admirable about the US.
Indeed, the blue cities are that way. 99% of everywhere else is not and has lower crime than Western Europe The main thing about tomorrow is that voting and democracy have nothing to do with liberty and freedom
Gun violence is primarily a rural problem in the US despite the news and public perception. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2804113
There is no such thing as “Gun Violence”. It’s just violence. https://x.com/MorosKostas/status/1694029410297671939
It’s so broken, all the world’s immigrants want to come here.
You really think that? The US accepts a relativity low % of immigrants in comparison to other developed countries. People are much more likely to go to Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the Gulf, etc… maybe decades ago the US was the preferred destination. But the world has changed. People who have ties to the US through community and family still move there but even with Mexico the immigration flow is from the US to Mexico not the other way around.