anonymous asks a favour...
CS (Cynic Surfer), who regularly comments on this blog has asked me to put this request for information up here:
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I need some help doing some research and I'm not clever enough. For several years I've been wanting to do a cost/benefit analysis to prove/disprove this generally accepted myth that we're the greatest nation on earth (I hate braggarts). What I'm looking for are things like health care, literacy, home ownership, life expectancy, etc. that most humans would reasonably expect to rank high among the world's "No. 1" nation. Those are the positives. I also want the negatives: murder rates, homelessness, divorce rates, infant mortality, etc. What I'm looking for are respectable studies, statistics, etc. showing comparisons among the richest countries. Some of this info is available through UN web sites, but not all and besides for scientific purposes it's better to have 2-3 sources. I was hoping maybe some of your clever bloggers could help. What do we do with it afterwards? Somehow use to dispel the myth of America being the greatest nation.Any readers out there who can point him in the right direction for any of this stuff?
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posted by The Editor at
3:38 AM
6 Comments:
Hmm...when I was at uni, we had statistics like this. I'll look through some of my old papers on my computer and see if I can come up with any resources that might be helpful.
Thanks for the inputs, it's really helpfull.
DS
Michael Parenti makes strong arguments against such myths. Try to get a copy of his book, Superpatriotism. I haven't read the book so I don't know what statistical and anecdotal evidence he supports his claims with, but there's no doubt that he offers a worthwhile perspective.
Keep the inputs coming folks, I'm trying to subvert this dude into becoming a blogger. He's a natural. :-)
I'd love to become a blog master; however, right now I don't have the time to devote. I'm in the tedious process of home hunting. I've decided to drop out of the vicious rat race and quit contributing to this evil, capitalist, war mongering society!
DS
Admirable ambition, DS. But I fear the game is stacked, rigged, fixed. And as hard as you try you will, in some way find yourself still contributing to this mess. But if you manage to minimise contribution, then that in itself is noble. Go for it, dude.
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