Shithole

[John_von_Neumann]

There's a preponderance of evidence that USA is now a shithole country. Here's another piece of evidence.

U.S. press freedom falls to historical low​

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/usa-press-freedom

Press freedom in the United States has hit a record low, according to the latest World Press Freedom Index published annually by Reporters Without Borders.
Why it matters: For years, American press freedom was generally considered "satisfactory" by Reporters Without Borders' standards. As of last year, it's now "problematic."

• Press freedom in the U.S. now falls in line with developing countries, such as Gambia, Uruguay and Sierra Leone.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

There's a preponderance of evidence that USA is now a shithole country. Here's another piece of evidence.

U.S. press freedom falls to historical low​

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/usa-press-freedom

I mentioned this to Ish today, and he agrees....

Thanks for agreeing you live in a shit hole country and are proud of it....*chuckles* next round of wine boxes are on me....DM your address...

 

[ll74]

I was told that Europe was the freedom fucker.

Weird

 

[Lazaran]

There's a preponderance of evidence that USA is now a shithole country. Here's another piece of evidence.

U.S. press freedom falls to historical low​

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/usa-press-freedom

Well, Rightard is proud to be an American in Trump’s shithole America, so that tracks. (Rightard feels right at home in a shithole.)





We. Told. Them. So.

 

[Politruk]

Even worse, the U.S. has been downgraded to a "flawed democracy."

 

[Saint_Ann]

Maybe all those south/central am. Immigrants heading this will turn around and go home. Lol.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Maybe all those south/central am. Immigrants heading this will turn around and go home. Lol.

I'm sure they have. No one wants to migrate 1000's of miles, escaping one shithole country, to live in another shithole country.

 

[Politruk]

Let us focus attention on the countries that are not shitholes: The social democracies. The places where things in general go better than they go anywhere else.

What can the U.S. learn from them? What can we usefully copy and adapt here?

 

[John_von_Neumann]

More Shithole activity:

https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05...inst-blocking-ice-from-deporting-us-citizens/

Republicans on the US House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee universally voted against an amendment on Wednesday that would have prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from using federal funds to detain or deport US citizens.

 

[Politruk]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/World_Happiness_Report_2024.png/250px-World_Happiness_Report_2024.pngWorldwide levels of happiness as measured by the World Happiness Report (2024)


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Economist_Intelligence_Unit_Democracy_Index_2024.svg/500px-Economist_Intelligence_Unit_Democracy_Index_2024.svg.pngThe 2024 Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index map

We don't really lead in anything that matters but GDP. And military strength.