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Well it is, it's just that you're aren't looking at where claims like these come from. These aren't comparing the US to third world and developing countries, but to other first world countries. The US will obviously be better than sub Saharan Africa, but that doesn't excuse their issues. America has many issues such as inequality, foreign policy, healthcare, prision system, racial divide and more that make it horrible when compared to first world counterparts, such as the Europeans, Nordics, South-East Asians and Australians.
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This feels like an issue of relativity.
I'd rather be poor in the USA than in North Korea. I'd rather be poor in Germany or the UK than in the USA.
But if you look at the middle classes and up then the standard of living in the USA gets very high. And then, if we're talking personally, you have to balance that against specific things you value. The states vary a lot but the insanely low level of things like holiday and sick pay, or worker protections in general, aren't things I like the sound of at all.
If someone's an average American then obviously relative to parts of the world that are struggling for clean drinking water then they're doing bloody amazing. If one of them looks over to Western Europe and goes "They get how many days of paid holiday!?!?" then I'm not going to blame them at all for thinking they're getting exploited. >

I think this basically sums it up pretty well. I feel like this might not be something very debatable after all because it’s honestly just a matter of relativity…
This isn’t just a problem with Americans, hell it’s a problem over here too where people who have arguably amazing lives still end up complaining a ton. It’s something I’ve ended up growing insensitive towards generally. Of course, complaining isn’t all that bad because it does lead to change. >

There are MANY people in this thread, and certainly Americans online, who say EXACTLY what you’re saying here.  You don’t have to fall in line just bc many deny it when you post one specific thread about it.  On its face, it’s ridiculous: saying that the US is, in any way, a terrible place to live, relative to the rest of the world.  And when people see it laid out like this, in this post, it’s easy to deny it.  But, spend 5 minutes on the socials, and you’ll find MANY folks bitching about the US, and claiming it’s the worst.  Look at how this post only has just 67 upvotes after 9 hours.  Hell, roll over to r/latestagecapitalism and pick a post.  I’d ask any poster over there to spend three months at any other place and be at the bottom of the ladder, then ask them if they want to come back.  Every single one would be on the first flight back, I’d bet.  Most of these people complaining have never even been outside the US.  Like all the folks who say “I’m leaving the country if X is elected!!!!!”  Not a lot of those folks go anywhere if you check in on them a few months later, and that’s no surprise.  The internet is loaded with folks who constantly spite the hand that feeds them.  It’s what young people do, generally. >

It's not that it's such a bad place to live for most Americans.
But considering it's the wealthiest country in the world, it should be a whole lot better. >

I pretty much agree. >

The biggest thing you have to realize is that how much of what you actually think about America is true? What happens when you start looking at states that offer free community College tuition. Or even free college tuition for in state students based on income. They just have to sign up for it and many of these states are pretty conservative. 
Even with crime a lot of people in Europe are falling into the same bs as suburban whites. Both of you guys think the inner city is a battle zone. And if you walk outside there will be people robbing, shooting and killing each other. Simply untrue for the most part people do not bother you if they do just ignore them. 
The same with Healthcare. Its far from perfect but medicaid, Medicare and charity exist. And what happens if you really try and talk with europeans about race or racism. They just deflect or deny or say it's an isolated incident if it's in Europe. 
Absolutely nuts in all honesty. Think about someone in America saying they went to a restaurant or something and they said the restaurant treats asian people unfairly and everyone deflected and told them it didn't happen.
Or if someone was being followed in a store and then a bunch of random europeans would say it's not racist. Just think about disgusting ass behavior of deflecting that shit. Whats the reality of America vs the reddit and internet world of America. I'll also add this works for most of the world. >

Things could always be worse. Things could always be better. Nowhere in the world is all bad for all people. Saying America, one of the wealthiest nations in the world, is not "that bad" to live feels like an understatement. But for some, it is that bad and worse. For some America is the worst possible outcome. It's different for everyone. >

For whom is it the worst possible outcome? >

Emmet Till? Rodney King? >

You know there’s racism and murder everywhere right? >

So in that sense America is just as bad as everywhere else? >

It’s certainly not the worst. >

The view isn't about whether or not its the worst, its about whether it's "that bad" >

And I’d still say it’s not.  Murders could have happened anywhere.  There’s no reason to think if Till or King had been born anywhere else there lives ultimately would have been better.  We can’t know that for anyone.  What we can know is the USA isn’t overflowing with racist murderers.  Especially compared to other countries.  People like to forget there’s more differences than just black and white. >

Yea most of Americans have no idea how privelage they are to be here. They spend their energy pointing out even more privelage people then themselves, and begging rationalizing why they can’t have what they want, mostly because some greedy person took it from them. It has framed the way many people view this country. >

Privilege is half the conversation. From the benchmark, baseline, and perspective of people who can already afford to be in the USA, there are better options with higher life expectancy, economic mobility, education, lack of lead water contamination, freedom, lower poverty, whatever. 
As long as that is understood and they aren't saying America is worse than North Korea, it is a valid conversation. >

I'll make a comment in the opposite direction. The USA is not only "not that bad," but a great place to live. I say this as someone who has traveled extensively, both within the US, to the third world, Latin America, and Europe. I'm not delusional about the US's flaws, however I often find there's a bait and switch when comparing the US. It gets compared to the top few countries in every category, but then it isn't acknowledged that the top few countries aren't the same in every category. It's also worth noting that many of the countries found frequently in these lists are highly homogenous countries with 5-10 million people. The USA has 330+ million highly diverse people in a country large enough to be it's own continent. Comparing the USA to Finland (for example) is a bit apples to oranges. A more apt comparison for the USA is the EU. In both you have great areas, and some down-on-their-luck areas. Picking a few Nordic countries to compare to the USA, is like comparing Massachusetts to the EU.
While the plight of the poor in the United States is generally not as bad as the internet makes it out to be, I fully concede that it is likely better to be poor in the EU on average than in the USA. That said, I'm not sure the same can be said about the middle class. Americans do get paid more on average in real terms, and this makes a difference.
Finally, if you compare the USA and EU by the values of the median EU citizen, the USA doesn't stack up that well, but the same is true in reverse. Put simply, Americans have different values on average. Generally speaking Reddit's values look much closer to the median EU citizen, that is neither good nor bad, just something to keep in mind.
In summary, the USA is a huge, diverse country and as a result is much harder to govern. Despite this, the USA still ranks in the top 10% of countries in nearly every positive category. It has some flaws, but so does every country. Anyways... happy New Year!