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Says you... http://www.lmfgtfy.com/?q=soci...

Yes, indeed, Google shows that there are lots of dumb, uninformed people who believe that Europe is socialist.

No, it is below average, and I would expect the richest nation to be at the top, or at least in the top 10.

That's because your expectations are wrong. For example, beyond $2500/capita/year health care spending, life expectancy does not increase; that's not a US issue, it's true in Europe as well. Years in education and voter turnout are neither a sign of wealth nor a sign of positive outcomes. Etc.

It is under-performing, mostly due to poor right wing policy. We know this because there is a clear pattern between not only successful nations (as per OECD)

The successful nations that are overwhelmingly run by right wing (Christian conservative) governments, you mean?

but even successful states within the US (more left wing states are represented towards the top, more right wings states toward the bottom).

What you see when you look at the US data is that areas governed by Democrats have higher murder rates, higher poverty rates, and higher inequality, and those outcomes are directly attributable to Democratic policies.

In addition, Democrats have changed; they used to lean more towards liberalism, but over the last decade, they increasingly lean socialist (viz Sanders), so you can't judge their current policies by their past performance.

No OECD member is socialist. Socialists are totalitarian mass murderers, and I would thank you to stop referring to Western democracies that way.

Says you... http://www.lmfgtfy.com/?q=soci...

Yes: the US is about average among OECD nations, which is what you would expect for the biggest OECD member.

No, it is below average, and I would expect the richest nation to be at the top, or at least in the top 10. It is under-performing, mostly due to poor right wing policy. We know this because there is a clear pattern between not only successful nations (as per OECD), but even successful states within the US (more left wing states are represented towards the top, more right wings states toward the bottom). I get that you refuse to believe this because of cognitive dissonance, but the data disagrees with you.

(WIthout 10-20 million illegals and without Democrats f*cking up the lives of African Americans, the US would do even better.)

Yeah, yeah, whatever excuse you need to keep the cognitive dissonance alive...

In any case, how does that support your view that the US is "very rightwing and right extremist"?

We've already been over this. It's not my problem that you don't understand it.

The best healthcare systems in the world are in the US, Europe, Japan, and Singapore. None of those are "socialist".

You just said the US was socialist because it spends the most public money on health. You can't have it both ways.

Socialists have been making that point for more than a century;

Cool story...

it's bullshit.

Because?

Socialism results in massive corruption, economic failure, dictatorships, and eventually mass murder, each and every time. Those consequences are clearly unintended, but they are inevitable.

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Most of these have higher standards of living and lower crime rates than the US. Cognitive dissonance much?

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WIthout root, you can still remove builtin apps.

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How do you explain that there are 24 hours in a day,

http://lmfgtfy.com/?q=origin+o...

Are you saying that is not arbitrary?

Oh dear you aren't very good at this game are you?
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To quote "based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system".

So based on what we both now know, that the 24 hours clock was based on some reasoning or system, then no it isn't arbitrary (see how that works now?)

And if you don't think DST is arbitrary, then you should look up the definition.

I did. Now it's your turn...

How do you explain that there are 24 hours in a day,

http://lmfgtfy.com/?q=origin+o...

Are you saying that is not arbitrary?

Oh dear you aren't very good at this game are you?
http://lmfgtfy.com/?q=what+doe...
To quote "based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system".

So based on what we both now know, that the 24 hours clock was based on some reasoning or system, then no it isn't arbitrary (see how that works now?)

And if you don't think DST is arbitrary, then you should look up the definition.

I did. Now it's your turn...

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