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Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by jopsen on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @04:57PM (#21530057)
Is it really that bad though. We like painting a negative picture, because we want the US to improve.

But on the human freedom index the US is ranked 17 alongside Sweden.

The US has problems, systemic and cultural problems that should be fixed. But your risk of getting shot in a mass shooting is low.

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Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by thephyber on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @06:51PM (#21531152)
On one hand, we should always evaluate if we are suffering "the grass is greener over there" effect.

On the other hand, Aaron Sorkin explains[1] in 3 minutes how the USA is far from the best place to live and what made us great when we were better in those different ratings.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16K6m3Ua2nw (NSFW audio)

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Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by ubermonkey on Thursday November 14, 2019 @09:37AM (#21535658)
"But your risk of getting shot in a mass shooting is low. "

But absurdly HIGHER than say, in Sweden. And most gun violence isn't mass shootings.

Plus, there's the ever-present specter of medical bankruptcy.

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Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by jopsen on Monday November 18, 2019 @02:03AM (#21562448)
Yes, but overall the risk of getting shot is still low. So it being 10x higher isn't that bad.

I didn't say the US doesn't have issues, just that looking at the whole picture -- and comparing with other countries, it's not that horrible.

In Sweden economic opportunities are slightly fewer. Not that it really matters, if you live in modern Western country you're doing pretty well.

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