Canada ranked as 2nd best country in the world
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According to the 2023 Best Countries ranking by U.S. News, Canada is the second-best in the world overall this year. The move up to second is an improvement from 2022, when Canada was ranked third overall by U.S. News. To formulate these rankings, U.S. News looked at 10 different sub-categories (where they ranked the top

Despite what Canada’s nation hating extreme right would have you believe.

@Mudface@lemmy.world
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If this is the second “as good as it gets” place in the world … omg

MapleEngineer
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What’s your frame of reference? I mean, you live in the second best country in the world and you’re complaining.

@Mudface@lemmy.world
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My frame of reference is how my quality of life is less than it was in like 2016. When I’m sure Canada ranked lower than #2

MapleEngineer
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Canada was ranked second in 2016.

@Mudface@lemmy.world
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Damn, these rankings really are scary.

Like I said, if I live in the second best country to live in … the world really sucks

MapleEngineer
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Canada is the 12th safest country in the world. The US is 129th.

We have it very good here.

Kichae
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Canada is the 12th safest country in the world. The US is 129th.

Can we just stop comparing ourselves to the States for once? Our Literally Fascist Neighbours don’t warrant any consideration when discussing the quality of life here.

We have it very good here.

Which segments of the population are you choosing to speak for here, exactly?

MapleEngineer
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The people who complain about Canada often hold the US up as an example of what Canada should be because they can have guns, have hate speech, and are free to discriminate against people they hate

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I hold any country in western Europe as being at least twice as good as here now.

That we ranked above any of them is an outright joke. I’m only still here because of family and relationships.

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We have it very good here.

In some aspects sure. Try being at the beginning of your adult life right now. Housing, the cost of food/goods, a lethargic/apathetic government. Those things should be enough evidence to say that we aren’t the second best country in the world.

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Those things should be enough evidence to say that we aren’t the second best country in the world.

And yet…they aren’t. Canada ranks very high in quality of life, personal and religious freedom, and many other measures. There are problems, yes, but they are problems effecting the second best country in the world to live in. People living other places are dying to come here.

Perspective.

The cities are completely unaffordable.
All of the parties are in favour of using TFW programs to suppress workers rights and not doing anything about blatantly illegal anti-worker activities.

The Trudeau government is welcoming immigrants at a rate of at least 3% of the population per year(not the problem), but not spending a penny on infrastructure to support that kind of increase(a big problem)

Carbon offset credits are a complete joke.

The ISPs are in charge of the body that is supposed to regulate and rein them in.

BC is being devastated by climate change and Ottawa isn’t lifting a damn finger on it.

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Extra-judicial killings? Industrialized rape? Daily mass murders? Famine?

You listed a bunch of first world problems. It’s hard to imagine what hardship truly is when you live in the second best country in the world.

Kichae
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Extra-judicial killings?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_brutality_against_Indigenous_Canadians

Industrialized rape?

https://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/sexual-abuse-in-the-military-soldiers-speak-of-systemic-problems-in-a-toxic-culture-1.5654309
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/opp-officer-sexual-assault-jason-redmond-1.6797839
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/newfoundland-police-officer-found-guilty-of-on-duty-rape-once-again-seeking-bail-1.6494845
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/quebec-investigation-alleged-abuse-aboriginal-women-1.3577527

Daily mass murders?

Setting an awfully low bar with this one.

Famine?

Any year now, given climate change.

It’s hard to imagine what hardship truly is when you live in the second best country in the world.

Your own privilege within the country is just dripping from your posts.

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Canada also kept slaves 150 years ago.

How many of the people pissing and moaning on Lemmy have experienced any of those things?

nicktron
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Its all relative, and clearly you aren’t having the hardships that a lot of our country is currently enduring.

MapleEngineer
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I have been places that makes me appreciate Canada for what it truly is.

I have perspective.

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No - you’re a well off white guy who doesn’t experience the bad parts of Canada.

Broadly - sure - Canada is awesome.
Sprinkle in some nuance and the pimples are obvious if you open your eyes.

There is always room for improvement.

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I’m a socialist who had spent time in truly horrible places. I have perspective. Canada has problems, yes, but they are first world problems.

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Its not fair to dismiss the problems of the people who lead very difficult lives in this country because someone on the other side of the planet has it worse there.

Where is your perspective on that?

“Sorry, I know you have an unhappy and difficult life but you should just learn to be greatful because I saw people over yonder who have a different kind of difficult life.”

You keep saying people need perspective, I think you do. You look at this country through rose coloured glasses.

The cities are completely unaffordable.

Our generation’s: Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.

Except in this case it’s that the average rent for a 1 bedroom apartment in the GVRD requires a yearly earning of over 120k a year.

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Glad to hear its economy can support its 2,642,825 million (and growing!) residents.

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