• darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        20·
        2 个月前

        Don’t feel too bad about it, remarkably few countries really do have democracy (even though many have more of it than the US).

    • NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world
      318·
      2 个月前

      To be fair, what we specifically have is a republic, although we do have democratic voting to elect our representatives.

      Some of those representatives take the stance that they can choose whatever they want best, regardless of what their constituents want, because they were voted in.

      Other representatives take the stance that they should vote for whatever the majority of their constituents want.

      • GuyFawkesEnglish
        82·
        2 个月前

        Some…representatives…choose whatever they want…because they were voted in.

        Oh that there’s the Republicans.

        Others…vote for whatever the majority of their consituents want.

        Found the Democrats.

  • rtxn@lemmy.world
    40·
    2 个月前

    Just off the top of my head:

    State-sponsored higher education that is later paid back through taxes. Free healthcare, also paid for by taxes, and affordable medicine. Decent mass transit, although railways are a disgrace. Labour laws. Paid sick leave and mandatory minimum vacation days. Paid maternity leave, and tax breaks for new mothers.

    PM is a Russian asset, but still better than Trump.

  • edric@lemm.ee
    411·
    2 个月前

    I come from a third world country that is worse than the US in a lot of ways, but I don’t have to worry about getting shot by a rando with a gun.

    • neidu3MEnglish
      81·
      2 个月前

      Which country, if you don’t mind me asking?

  • kwedd@feddit.nl
    27·
    2 个月前

    Parliamentary democracy with proportional representation, affordable healthcare, affordable education, great roads and infrastructure with lots of cycling lanes, shops near homes, better labour laws, more vacation days, maternity leave, social safety net, less gun violence, police trained in de-escalation, affordable phone and internet plans, more affordable healthy food options, more egalitarian culture, none of those pesky hills or mountains, surrounded by countries that make good beer.

  • RandomVideos@programming.dev
    282·
    2 个月前

    A president cant win without getting majority of votes. If there is no one with over 50% of the votes, a second round happens between the top 2

  • qyron@sopuli.xyz
    21·
    2 个月前

    Strike that. Let’s try “What can America learn from your country to become a better nation?”

    The value of human life and life in general.

    If a foreigner comes to my country and suffers any ailment or accident, they receive treatment because life is understood as an absolute value. This implies that paying taxes goes towards creating a safety net that nobody really wants to rely on but is thankful to have when misfortunes happens.

    • SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 个月前

      If the spirit of thankfulness was stronger in this country (US) than the spirit of keeping good things from “those who don’t deserve it”, we wouldn’t be dealing with the downfall we’re experiencing now.

  • NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
    243·
    2 个月前

    Healthcare, a sane leader who cares about his country, cheaper tuition, more than two parties, the metric system, less urban sprawl (though it’s still not great here), far less guns

  • Kęstutis@group.lt
    21·
    2 个月前

    We don’t think we’re the only and best in the world. We are interested in the culture of our neighbours. And we respect them.

  • JackFrostNCola@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    2 个月前

    Public healthcare
    Super annuation
    Preferential & compulsory voting
    No tipping culture
    Consumer protection laws
    Gun control laws
    Weather service isnt privitised
    Wide variety of multicultural foods
    Farming sector isnt controlled by a few companies (ie chickens)/subsidy schemes (looking at you corn)
    Organised religion has less participation and dropping steadily
    Adoption of rooftop solar systems

    Also significantly less instances of tech billionares, team factional politics, media oligarchs & donald trumps.

    There are a lot of areas we could do better and are ashamed of though.

  • Owl@mander.xyz
    20·
    2 个月前

    If you get cancer, you can have access to chemotherapy for free. And that’s basically it

  • rustyfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
    181·
    2 个月前

    Instead of starting a list of those things and ending up with my App crashing, I will name the one thing I think the US does better.

    I think having a speed limit on your highways is kinda a sane thing to have.

      • rustyfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        2 个月前

        Our target speed (the speed you are recommended to drive) is faster than the US speed limit.

        I mean, it’s a nice tickling in the balls when you engage the warp drive on your way home. But it also inspires a lot of amateur race car drivers. Nah, I can do without.

      • pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz
        11·
        2 个月前

        Even when ignoring environmental concerns and purely looking at it from a financial perspective: Renewable energy is more profitable already.

        • Zeoic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          2 个月前

          Yes, but they are unreliable. Nuclear is an amazing option for base loads, and then adding renewables on top of that just makes sense. Battery energy storage is still insanely expensive, so nuclear is a very valid alternative in countries that haven’t let their nuclear production capabilities fall off to the point of taking decades.