America's allergy to world's best practices

Over recent decades, other developed nations have been playing catch-up fast with America and are now ahead of us in more than one domain.

• Look at education, why aren't we emulating what Finland, Japan and South Korea are doing? 
• Look at healthcare, why aren't we trying to do as well as Canada, the U.K. or France? 
• Look at the out-of-control dissemination and life threatening danger of firearms and why aren't we following the OCDE countries lead? 
• Look at the the Paris Accords on Climate? Why does the U.S. still want out, while both Nicaragua and Syria, the only two straggler nations besides us are now joining? 
• Look at the metric system? Why are we content to be part of only three nations along with Myanmar and Liberia stuck with this antiquated system? 

 

This is only a partial list and limited rant. Wake up America! Our “exceptionalism” has simply tipped and is now headed towards the bottom.

We'll soon sink if we don't begin to turn our pretentious attitude around. It's more than time for America to embrace "best world practices" and get off its "exceptionalism high horse"!