Saturday Morning Confusion: Is the United States becoming a second world country!

In what ways is the U.S. becoming a second-world country?

Allan:

The United States is already a second-world country and is sliding to third-world status.

As a second-world country, the U.S. is:

• unable to provide proper healthcare for its 340 million people. (U.S healthcare is ranked 34th in the world; women’s healthcare is ranked 77th in the world.)
• the U.S. has the highest infant/maternal mortality rate of the developed countries. (The mortality rate in some states is equivalent to third world countries.)
• because of the high cost of healthcare, Americans are increasingly reluctant to seek medical assistance.
• the U.S. cannot protect its people. (In 2023 alone there were 656 mass casualty events leading to the death or wounding of over 3,900 people. Over 18,000 people were murdered by gunshot wounds. Gunshot wounds are the leading cause of childhood death.)
• the U.S. cannot educate its people. (U.S. education is ranked 22nd in the world.)
• Americans are not as free as they claim. (The U.S. is not in the top 50 countries for freedom.)
• American quality of life ranks 17th in the world, just ahead of China and Russia.

There are more such statistics but these are an indication that the U.S. is already a second-world country. 

What is worse is that Americans:

• deny the condition of their country, and
• are not prepared to do anything to overcome or reverse the continued deterioration of their country.

Brenton Harding 

Former foreign service officer. (1982–1986)