Is the USA worth saving? Shouldn't we just give up and start over and have Denmark as our model?

Question

Quote from the CIA factbook, "the Danish people enjoy living standards topped by no other nation" https://cia.gov/cia//publications/factbook/geos/da.html

Answer 1

I don't think we should give up on this country. I'm the first to admit that the "good ol' USA" isn't everything Americans make it out to be, but we still have a lot going for us. Still, if there is one place on which a new society should be modeled it is Denmark. Denmark is an excellent example of how a society should work. I think if Americans really looked at life in Denmark many would find examples of things and say, "Why can't we live like that here?"

Good question.

Answer 2

Of course the US (and every other nation, for that matter!) is "worth saving".

As to taking Denmark as our model, the proposal is simply impossible. The Danish model works in Denmark because Denmark is a small, homogeneous country-- it's a country a third smaller than West Virginia in area, with a population less than that of New York City. There is simply no conceivable way that the political and socio-economic system that works in Denmark could work equally in the United States .

America certainly has its shortcomings-- our healthcare system is an international embarrassment, for example, and the growing disparity in wealth between our richest and poorest should be a matter of shame for every American-- we are the richest country in the world, and yet have tens of thousands of homeless people, and we allow our children to live in hunger and poverty, kept carefully from the sight of those in our gated communities.

There is a great deal we need to change. At the same time, though, there is also a great deal to be proud of in America. Rather than giving up on our nation, we must join together to correct her wrongs, to support her strengths, and to make the United States the nation we know that it can, and should, become.

Answer 3

I think we should have never been the way we are .Its not like we were not warned by the fathers of our country not to interfere with others nor lend money or borrow money .. and other things that would have made a difference and yes we could learn alot from scandinavian countries..they are weatlhy and intelligent and said to be a good place to live..yes there could have been some better ways but we are a young nation and like kids ..make mistakes that later if you survive you learn from ..But the US has a lot of good points and has for the entire length of time we have been around .Why do you think so many people ran here when they could.. Danish included.. Look at the roles and where they came from at Ellis Island.. Even my grandparents were from Norway and yes I know about their standards but like I said we are like a child in so many ways we will learn hopefully before its too late..

Answer 4

Why compare a huge country like the U.S. to that of a country barely twice the size of Massachusetts? OF COURSE that area is gonna be nice, crime free, and all of the above, because it's SMALL. You got America, with freakin 50 states, god knows how many different nationalities and races, god know how many different religions, cause denmark is predominantly evangel-lutheran, and you're expecting to use that as a model for such a large country with such an amalgam of traits to follow? It ain't gonna happen. I realized lots of people brag about europe's serenity and maturity in dealing with stuff like drugs and prostitution..even speeding.

Maybe it's the capitalist monarchy, or just the fact that the people there are just to themselves, but also alot of the nice areas are relatively SMALL, so managing crime and safety is much easier than in America, because freedom is America's motto, freedom to do whatever, say whatever, and live whatever, for ANYONE...hence it just goes to show some people don't know how to handle freedom responsibly, it's like rich people who buy 4,000 cars just for the sake of....buyin em...or splurging on jewelry and pretty stuff, or buying mansions for ONE person in a house with 30 bedrooms...just can't handle success 'reasonably'.

America is a great country, it ain't a matter of worth saving, it's a matter of getting rid of the stupid people who help make it look bad. The unappreciative ones rather.

Answer 5

Does this "CIA factbook" tell us why you don't live there?

Actually, I think we need some things fixed here, but I prefer a free country.

Answer 6

I don't like the give up part of your question, but there is always room for improvment here and yes even in Denmark. But if given a choice I will stay here in the good ole USA.

Answer 7

I don't think Denmark is the ideal. If I were to remodel the US, it would be like Mauritius. Low crime (which I know that Denmark shares), low unemployment, no hate crimes, they teach and celebrate ALL the religions in the schools. The people are warm and loving there, the way all people should be.

Answer 8

i'm hoping that would not ensue. i'm queer, and that i want marriage equality below the regulation, yet separation of church and state would desire to bypass the two tactics. i don't think of that religions/church homes or persons would desire to be compelled via the regulation to alter their ideals, yet on a similar time they shouldn't attempt to bypass their ideals into regulation to end same-intercourse marriage popularity via a mundane government.

Answer 9

Explain how this works procedurely.

Explain how "we just give up and start over."

If I liked Denmark that much, I'd move there. I suggest you do the same if you really, really like it.

Our system does not ever "just give up and start over."

Answer 10

Yes worth saving. I would never advocate modeling after any socialist European nation.