Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoI am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in?message-squaremessage-square307fedilinkarrow-up1468arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1442arrow-down1message-squareI am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square307fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·2 months agoThe US consistently ranks among the most charitable countries in the world, being #1 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2019.
minus-squareJumbie@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoI’m looking forward to 2026 statistics after the removal of USAID.
minus-squareduncan_bayne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoUSAID wasn’t charity though was it? I believe it was taxpayer funded.
minus-squareJumbie@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·2 months agoI could counter that it’s all taxpayer founded and I’d be right to some extent.
minus-squareduncan_bayne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoYeah but you know what I meant 😉
minus-squareDarnton@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·2 months agoWell, they have to for lack of a welfare state. It really isn’t much to brag about. Charity is a bandaid, which doesn’t solve the structural issues the same way that a welfare state does.
The US consistently ranks among the most charitable countries in the world, being #1 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2019.
I’m looking forward to 2026 statistics after the removal of USAID.
USAID wasn’t charity though was it? I believe it was taxpayer funded.
I could counter that it’s all taxpayer founded and I’d be right to some extent.
Yeah but you know what I meant 😉
Well, they have to for lack of a welfare state. It really isn’t much to brag about. Charity is a bandaid, which doesn’t solve the structural issues the same way that a welfare state does.