America Is Better Than Every Other Country

How are the lists and sources flawed? I provided globally accepted economical indexes. Can you provide sources that contradict these indexes? Other countries have comparable levels of freedom of speech, such as New Zealand, but there are some limitations. For example France, Germany, Australia, and Canada have hate speech laws, much of Western Europe have banned holocaust denial, some countries have laws against (neo) Nazism. I would prefer being somewhere where hate speech, holocaust denial and nazism is banned lol. Our free speech is limited in the extent that we can"t yell out bomb or threaten somebody, so hopefully some day we"ll be progressive enough to disclude hate speech as well. I don"t agree with our poorly regulated "right to bear arms", our level of gun violence and ranking number 1 in mass shootings is nothing to be proud of- plenty of other developed countries go on just fine without. Yeah, those damn Europeans with their paid month of vacations and paid holidays off. What a concept (btw I am being sarcastic, I work hard and would love a paid month of vacation. I"m failing to see how this is negative). As a US citizen, this is not a likely possibility for me. You agree we"re not as "happy" but happiness should be one of the main contributing factors on something being considered the best. Side note: since we are number 1 of the developed countries in maternal mortality rates & the most expensive country to birth a child, it would be nice if we adopted other first world countries in policies giving new mothers the legal right to have a decent amount of paid maternity leave. Most developed countries provide mothers at least 17 weeks of paid maternity leave while the US provides 12 weeks of unpaid leave . Not only do we not live longer but we"re also not the healthiest. According to the global heath index, we are ranked number 34. obesity is literally a national problem, as is the opioid epidemic. i"m neither obese nor addicted to opioids, however it is undeniable that obesity and this drug use is a national issue because these issues are widespread across our country (more than any other country) and are leading contributors in causes of death. That"s great that you have so much money you don"t know what to do with it. Unfortunately, research shows that the US has one of the highest levels of poverty amongst rich countries: https://www.google.com... , https://www.encyclopedia.com.... This is one of the reasons more affordable higher education and health care would be a nice thing for us to adopt. Also, it is concerning to me that you claim you went to Harvard and then Yale, yet you don"t know how to correctly use "then" vs "than" or "your" vs "you"re". Either you are lying about where you went to school or our higher education system isn"t as good as I originally thought. Illegal immigrants (yes illegal) pay a large amount of taxes and usually don"t qualify for welfare. In a sense, they are helping our economy. https://itep.org... & https://www.google.com... I"m not dodging the question, you stated that America is better than every other country in the world, that was your debate topic. I stated and provided citations for all the reasons that America is not the best country. You"ve provided zero evidence for your claim and your reasonings for America being the best country are that we have freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, the strongest military & the best higher education schools (despite the fact that the expense of higher education in these schools are unattainable for most people and the alumni representing them cannot use proper grammar). In virtually every other category and aspect, we are no where near even top 5. I really can"t even choose one developed country that I would deem superior to the US, because I would honestly prefer a great deal of them over staying here lol. I"m American born and raised, and the more I travel, experience other countries/cultures & expand my education on global policy, the more I consider getting a dual citizenship or visa. So in short, please explain why the US number one (better than every other country) and use evidence to support your claim. You have the burden of proof, as you made the claim.