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[-] Manzas@lemdro.id 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Hey why did op mention Lithuania wtf did we do?

[-] reev@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I fail to see what about this is not factual.

Edit: y'all I was making a joke about the second comment, I thought that would be obvious

[-] raktheundead@fedia.io 1 points 4 months ago

Lithuania is considered, along with Latvia and Estonia, to be a developed country now. It really took a step forward after being freed from the chains of Russian subjugation.

[-] Slotos@feddit.nl 0 points 4 months ago
  • USA is not the most diverse country (its ethnic fractionalization index is below that of Moldova - https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-racially-diverse-countries or https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_ranked_by_ethnic_and_cultural_diversity_level)
  • Out of listed countries, the only one that exhibits clear signs of ethnonationalism is Russia (although I have to admit to be fairly ignorant on state of things in Argentina)
  • Lumping Russia with its former colonies screams “ignorance”
  • Grabbing a bunch of countries from the oldest trade route and thinking they are gonna be ethnically homogenous echoes the previous scream
  • Me spending time on this post is a clear evidence of procrastination
  • Poland has universal healthcare, walkable cities, affordable intra- and intercity public transportation, and provides free higher education to its citizens
  • Moldova provides free education to its citizens and has universal healthcare
  • Even Russia has a still working universal healthcare (terrible by many standards, but still beats US) and provides higher education to its citizens
  • Argentina has universal healthcare and offers free higher education to it’s citizens
  • Why am I still procrastinating? Send help!

USA is a dominant superpower though.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

I see you didn't disprove the point out wanted to fuck Evee.

[-] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

USA is not the most diverse country (its ethnic fractionalization index is below that of Moldova - https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-racially-diverse-countries or https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_ranked_by_ethnic_and_cultural_diversity_level

Idk, both of those studies leave a lot to be desired. The first methodology is based on language, which ignores the history of conflict and forms of imperialism that used language as a tool of imperial expansion.

The second study doesn't count any culture that doesn't make up more than 1% of the total population. Which means countries like Papua New Guinea, one of the most ethnic diverse countries in the world, doesn't even register as they don't have a dominant ethnic group.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 4 months ago

That the US is not also a shithole...

[-] mathematicalMagpie@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

I don't know much about Lithuania, but they're one of the few countries that officially recognize Taiwan.

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Let's play.

Russia isn't all white.

America is largely white. Also all the wealth and power comes from the white people. America peaked in the 60's relative to the rest of the world.

European countries peaked in the late 90's to the 00's.

Poland's great. Only ever heard good things about Lithuania. Don't know squat about Moldova.

Argentina isn't that white.

Crappy communism trumps anything else. Poland and Lithuania (and eastern Germany) under communism was shit, nearby countries (like Western Germany) were great. America really benefitted from WW2 and oil

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

WTF is wrong with Lithuania? And Poland is getting its shit together these days.

[-] Matriks404@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

How is Poland a shithole? Did a person who wrote this crap have seen this country at all? We had literally one of the biggest economic growths in Europe during 90's/00's.

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Get a water stone and we'll talk.

[-] Itte@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago
[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Argentina? The South American country that had a small influx of Germans after WW2 is 100% white?

[-] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 months ago

Majority white, with a chunk of Hispanic and a small dash of Asian and African...

Is the US really the "most diverse"? Seems like Canada has a better mix or even somewhere in Europe?

[-] palebluethought@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Not sure where you'd get that idea...

Black population is not that far off from Hispanic (18 vs 12%) and white is barely a majority.

Canada is much more dominantly white (70% vs 56%) with lower representation of every other group compared to US. Everywhere in Europe is much higher than that (80+%).

Of course all this is based on coarse Western racial categories, if you look at individual ethnicities then it's gotta be India or somewhere in Africa.

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