(This post is part of my eBook, The United States Empire and its Fall<\/em>)<\/p>\n No claim is made as to the absolute accuracy of the numbers below. The number shown on the left is the number of countries voting yes for a UN resolution or treaty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Decline of an Empire (This post is part of my eBook, The United States Empire and its Fall) No claim is made as to the absolute accuracy of the numbers below.The rankings were compiled around 2015, at various times … Continue reading
The rankings were compiled around 2015, at various times and from many different sources.
If the reader is skeptical, then please do your own investigation.
In any case, whether 100% accurate or not, you get the picture.
A society out of balance and in decay.<\/p>\nUS in World Ranking<\/h3>\n\n\n
\n 1\n <\/td> \n Military Spending \u2022 As big as the next\n 10 militaries together. In 2019 the US increased its military spending by\n more than Russia\u2019s entire defense budget.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 1\n <\/td> \n Most Foreign Military Bases \u2022 800 –\n 1000. All other countries together have about 40.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 1\n <\/td> \n Greatest Threat to World Peace \u2022 68\n countries polled. The US by a huge margin.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 1\n <\/td> \n Disparity Between Rich and Poor Among\n the 20 Richest Countries\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 1\n <\/td> \n Share of the Labor Force Working as\n Security or Guard Labor\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 27\n <\/td> \n Wealthiest Middle Class\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 1\n <\/td> \n Health Care Spending as % GDP\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 37\n <\/td> \n Health Care Service\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 50\n <\/td> \n Life Expectancy\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 23\n <\/td> \n Most Passenger Miles by Train (total,\n not per person) \u2022 Netherlanders travel twice as many miles as Americans by\n train. Japanese, 27 times.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 10\n <\/td> \n Most Carbon Emissions per Capita\u00ad \u2022 #2\n among large countries. Over three times as much as China.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 1\n <\/td> \n Gun Ownership \n <\/td><\/tr> \n 10\n <\/td> \n Gun Related Deaths per Population\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 1\n <\/td> \n Most Juveniles in Prison\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 1\n <\/td> \n Percent of Population in Prison \u2022 5\n times higher than Europe. The US has 5 % of the world\u2019s population, yet 25 %\n of the world\u2019s prisoners.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 1\n <\/td> \n Most Prisoners in Solitary Confinement\n in a Democratic Nation \u2022 Estimates are 80,000 people in solitary.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 142\n <\/td> \n Not Using the Death Penalty \u2022 141\n countries ban or haven\u2019t used the death penalty in 10 years. The US is among\n 50+ still using it. (China, India, Muslim world)\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 5\n <\/td> \n Most Executions in 2011 \u2022 After China,\n Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 175\n <\/td> \n Having the Death Penalty for\n Drug-Related Crimes \u2022 The US is one of only 23 countries.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 1\n <\/td> \n Child Abuse Deaths Among\n Industrialized Nations\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 2\n <\/td> \n Highest Child Poverty Among 35 Richest\n Countries\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 47\n <\/td> \n World Press Freedom Index 2012 (Reporters Without Borders)\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Last\n <\/td> \n Vacation Time by Law \u2022 0, None.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 191\n <\/td> \n Paid Leave for New Mothers by Law \u2022 0,\n None. Along with only 3 other countries: Liberia, Papua New Guinea, and Swaziland.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 79\n <\/td> \n Conditions for Workers \u2022 On a scale of\n 1 to 5 with 5 being the worst, the US is rated 4.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 39\n <\/td> \n Maternal Mortality \u2022 The highest of\n any industrialized nation. The rate has gotten twice as bad in the last 20\n years, the US being one of only 4 countries where it\u2019s getting worse instead\n of better.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 8,18\n <\/td> \n Obesity \u2022 Men rank 8, women 18. 7 of\n the countries with more obese women are the Polynesians.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 1\n <\/td> \n Consumption of Pain Pills. \u2022 The US\n consumes 80% of the world’s opioid pain medications and 90% of the\n hydrocodone. The mg. per person use increased 400% from 74mg. to 369mg.,\n between 1997 and 2007.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 94\n <\/td> \n Women in Parliament or Congress \u2022 17%,\n the average is 19.5%\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Last\n <\/td> \n Public Media Funding \u2022 Last among\n industrialized nations. $1.43\/person. The US spends more, about $2.40\/person,\n for foreign radio.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 27\n <\/td> \n College Students with Degrees in\n Science or Engineering \u2022 27th out of 29 wealthy countries.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 48\n <\/td> \n Quality of Math and Science\n Instruction \u2022 48th out of 133 developed and developing nations. (World\n Economic Forum)\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n More Numbers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n 70\/day\n <\/td> \n Sexual assaults in the military.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 18\/day\n <\/td> \n Suicides in the military. (this\n doesn’t count veterans)\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 35\/day\n <\/td> \n Murders.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 1 of\n 5\n <\/td> \n Women who will be raped in college.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 5,000\n <\/td> \n Amount of Americans killed by police\n in the 10 years of the Iraq war; more than were killed in the war.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 11,766\n <\/td> \n The number of American women who were\n murdered by current or ex male partners during 10 years of the Iraq war.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 1,800\n <\/td> \n Stop and Frisks per day in New York City\n for many years.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 50,000\/year\n <\/td> \n Swat raids have increased since 1980\n from 3,000\/year to 50,000\/year.\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n US as Outlier in the World Community: United Nations Votes <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n 172\n <\/td> \n Voting to Establish a\n Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the Middle East \u2022 Only the US and Israel voted\n against it. \n <\/td><\/tr> \n 166\n <\/td> \n Agreeing to Not Militarize Space \u2022\n Only the US and Israel voted against it.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 187\n <\/td> \n Voting to End the Embargo Against Cuba\n \u2022 Only the US, Israel and Brazil voted against a UN resolution calling for an\n end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United\n States against Cuba.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 128\n <\/td> \n Voting to Condemn US\u2019s Decision to\n Recognize Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel \u2022 The US voted against the\n condemnation, joined by only Israel, Guatemala, Honduras, Micronesia, Nauru,\n Togo and Tonga, Palau, the Marshall Islands.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 158\n <\/td> \n Voting to Implement Recommendations in\n the Secretary-General Report on the Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of\n Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa \u2022 The US was the\n only country to vote against it.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 196\n <\/td> \n Signatories to the Convention on the\n Rights of the Child \u2022 The US is the only country that has refused\n to embrace the world\u2019s most-ratified human rights agreement. Bill Clinton\n signed the UN convention in 1995, but the US Congress has never ratified it. \n <\/td><\/tr> \n 162\n <\/td> \n Signatories of the Convention on the\n Rights of Persons with Disabilities \u2022 Intended to protect the rights and\n dignity of persons with disabilities, the US is the only country that has\n signed it but not ratified it.\n <\/td><\/tr> \n 189\n <\/td> \n Have Ratified or Acceded to the Convention on the Elimination of All\n Forms of Discrimination Against Women \u2022 5 countries have not signed the\n convention and the US and Palau have signed but not ratified it.\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"