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"...societies, as often as not, aren’t murdered. They commit suicide: they slit their wrists and then, in the course of many decades, stand by passively and watch themselves bleed to death."

-- THE VANISHING by MALCOLM GLADWELL; 2005-01-03 issue; published to the internet 2004-12-27; newyorker.com



Pick a category below for comparison of the USA today and tomorrow to both the developed world and developing (third world) nations:

Economic security Health security Corruption Population health status/trends
Widespread consumer access to state-of-the-art technologies

Economic efficiency and freedom

Technological Expertise Equality of income opportunity/distribution

Equality of distribution of wealth/assets Citizen happiness and satisfaction

Educational opportunity and quality Voting/election validity/credibility/fairness
Cross-cultural access/openness/creativity Total tax burden distribution

Environmental safety and security Poverty and the plight of the worst off in the society
Nationalism/patriotism, science/technology versus religion and mysticism Justice

Global credibility and respect Personal, political, and religious security; surveillance burden
Militarism, cultural propensity towards violence and aggression

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