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We're not No. 1 We're not No. 1

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7 pointspzaich8 comments

404 for me. looks like there's an extraneous e appended to the url for whatever reason

working link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/opinion/were-not-no-1-were...

One thing that needs to be pointed out regarding these types of posts is that the top rated nations all have essentially homogenous populations. This means that there aren't as many touchy issues such as race, culture, religion, etc. As such, the legislature of these countries are theoretically more free to put in place changes that are beneficial to the country.

"This Social Progress Index ranks New Zealand No. 1, followed by Switzerland, Iceland and the Netherlands."

I can only speak for the Netherlands but our population is anything but homogenous. Our politics and societal issues are in fact dominated by racial, cultural and religious differences. It's almost all we talk about.

I see USA from the outside, and I see it like a full continent under the same flag. Sorry from Canada and Mexico. The comparison should between the big blocks. We should not compare China or USA with France. May be with EU. Or California vs France.

How did this get 4 points and make it to the front page when the link is broken? Is somebody gaming the system?

About 20 days ago the same thing happened, and I posted a nearly identical comment. Then, it was a link that was to localhost. Some folks definitely seem to be gaming the system. Only the bad links have allowed their detection.

Something like that happened to me, and I was very confused when I ended up at a website I had built a while ago - it was still running on that machine on localhost...I was scared that the website had made it to the frontpage, and sad when I realized it actually hadn't...

Sorry I posted from phone. Hopefully a mod can fix the typo.

Very good point! how did it make the front page?

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