Quote (Sixers @ Jul 5 2024 10:37pm)
You can literally combine the populations of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and UK. The U.S. still has a larger population.
Then again, you're listing a bunch of inferior countries, most of whom don't even have guns, who rely on the U.S. to protect them.
So, yeah. Maybe focus on other more relevant issues than something that impacts a ridiculously low % of Americans.
Correct, but it was 57 times as many shooting as those countries combined.
The difference in population is about 25million more in the US.
About 7.5% more.
For 57 times as many school shootings.
Those numbers indicate a problem, by any rational set of beliefs.
We can disagree on how important of a problem that is but common sense would suggest it should be a priority for a great nation not to have their kids school shot up 57 times more than another industrialized nation.
Again I totally think the US is a great nation but many aspects are squishy targets for anyone being critical. That could include Americans.
Gun crime, opioid crisis, homelessness, wealth disparity, workers rights.
Aside from gun crime.european countries have all of those issues too at similar extents. But they also have a way stronger social safety net; some might even argue its too strong, bloated and wasteful. Benefits, national health care etc.
This post was edited by Prox1m1ty on Jul 6 2024 03:28am