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And so now's the time when you are going to reveal to me the special case U.S. meaning of these words? I'll make it simple for you: U.S. society is nothing to be proud of and should not be looked up to as a model.

Oh and by the way. What part of "compared to" do you not understand?

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The OP's response was in no way jingoistic. I guess you were hurling the epithet at the US in general, which adds nothing to that particular conversation.

As for the somewhat racist term "third world," I assume you really meant "underdeveloped economy." Which, for all of the United States' problems, it is not. The UN puts our HDI in the top 5, and it's nearly equal to Switzerland's.

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