Which countries are on the right track, according to their citizens

Re:Which countries are on the right track, according to thei... by the_mitsuhiko on Sunday January 13, 2019 @06:51AM (#18896301)

The US results are strange. A lot fewer worry about healthcare and inequality/poverty than you would expect. In fact only Sweden worries less about the latter.

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Re:Which countries are on the right track, according to thei... by yostrovs on Sunday January 13, 2019 @08:53AM (#18896681)

How many would you expect to worry? In a rich country with ample jobs and cheap food,I don't worry about it much either. I've seen poverty abroad, so maybe I just don't see what Americans call poverty as poverty.

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Re:Which countries are on the right track, according to thei... by the_mitsuhiko on Sunday January 13, 2019 @11:56AM (#18897406)

I expect more than half to worry given the number of children in food insecure households, the lack of retirement savings many americans are confronted with.

You might have seem poverty abroad but there are plenty of countries on this list that worry more (like Germany) which much better working conditions for the vast majority of people with little income.

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Re:Which countries are on the right track, according to thei... by yostrovs on Sunday January 13, 2019 @12:33PM (#18897628)

You're equating "food insecure households" and "lack of retirement savings" with poverty. In America, the supposedly impoverished, the "food insecure", are more often obese than not and their retirement, though boring and doesn't involve golf courses and biannual vacations, doesn't involve starvation, lack of electricity, television, heating and air conditioning, and other essentials.

Open up any book from 100 years ago on household maintenance, written usually for upper and upper middle class women. There you will learn that the laundry in the apartment building is an incredible luxury, as is the store down the street, and the fact that you can buy a loaf of bread there for about $1.50.

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Re:Which countries are on the right track, according to thei... by the_mitsuhiko on Sunday January 13, 2019 @03:28PM (#18898496)

The statistics speak for themselves. If you want to argue them away you are just further telling me that Americans are indeed more likely than not blind to those issues when surveyed compared to (some) other countries.

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Re:Which countries are on the right track, according to thei... by yostrovs on Monday January 14, 2019 @08:30AM (#18902769)

Yes, statistics speak for themselves. Minimum wage is roughly $10 and a meal at McDonald's is $4. Perhaps there are reasons for "food insecurity" that are not the fault of the society in general.

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Re:Which countries are on the right track, according to thei... by zachguo on Sunday January 13, 2019 @12:58PM (#18897773)

Among the issues included on the survey, the four major concerns for Americans are:

- Healthcare (41%). This is up from May (36%). - Crime & Violence (31%). This is down slightly from May (33%). - Immigration Control (28%). This is up from May (24%). - Moral Decline (24%). This is up slightly from May (22%).

From the same source(2018 Dec Version): https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/what-worries-the-worl...

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