Comment on The only one country

Jhex@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• lividweasel@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “Western”

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  • taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean, he included Japan and South Korea, among others that aren’t strictly “Western.” They are all US allies, though, which makes sense for a US Senator.

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    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean, he included Japan and South Korea

      When you hit a saturation point of US military bases, they just start calling you part of the Western bloc.

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  • Dagnet@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Brazil isn’t there tho

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    • Miaou@jlai.lu ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Western doesn’t mean on the western hemisphere

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    • uderecife@piefed.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My first thought too. What lazy list, biased list.

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• affenlehrer@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Maybe compared to Liechtenstein and Vatican or something like that

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• Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hey NZ is major now, don’t take that away from us!

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• shawn1122@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  High income

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  • buran@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Colombia is not high income and it’s one of the most unequal countries in the world.

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  • Dicska@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hungary?

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• Alfons@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Maybe he explicitly selected countries which declare in their constitution that access to healthcare is a basic human right. Again, this is just an assumption by my side.

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