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Countries living standards list
Jun 10^th, 2007 at 7:04pm

World Top 10 - Countries with Highest
Standard of Living

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1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. Canada
4. Belgium
5. Australia
6. United States
7. Iceland
8. Netherlands
9. Japan
10. Finland

And now the lowest

142 Pakistan
143 Togo
144 Congo
145 Lesotho
146 Uganda
147 Zimbabwe
148 Kenya
149 Yemen
150 Madagascar
151 Nigeria
152 Mauritania
153 Haiti
154 Djibouti
155 Gambia
156 Eritrea
157 Senegal
158 Timor-Leste
159 Rwanda
160 Guinea
161 Benin
162 Tanzania
163 Côte d'Ivoire
164 Zambia
165 Malawi
166 Angola
167 Chad
168 Congo, Dem.Rep.
169 Central African Rep.
170 Ethiopia
171 Mozambique
172 Guinea-Bissau
173 Burundi
174 Mali
175 Burkina Faso
176 Niger
177 Sierra Leone

Wonder what similarities are displayed ?

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Re: Countries living standards list
Reply #1 - Jun 10^th, 2007 at 7:32pm

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 10^th, 2007 at 7:04pm:

World Top 10 - Countries with Highest
Standard of Living

Country

1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. Canada
4. Belgium
5. Australia
6. United States
7. Iceland
8. Netherlands
9. Japan
10. Finland

And now the lowest

142 Pakistan
143 Togo
144 Congo
145 Lesotho
146 Uganda
147 Zimbabwe
148 Kenya
149 Yemen
150 Madagascar
151 Nigeria
152 Mauritania
153 Haiti
154 Djibouti
155 Gambia
156 Eritrea
157 Senegal
158 Timor-Leste
159 Rwanda
160 Guinea
161 Benin
162 Tanzania
163 Côte d'Ivoire
164 Zambia
165 Malawi
166 Angola
167 Chad
168 Congo, Dem.Rep.
169 Central African Rep.
170 Ethiopia
171 Mozambique
172 Guinea-Bissau
173 Burundi
174 Mali
175 Burkina Faso
176 Niger
177 Sierra Leone

Wonder what similarities are displayed ?

It shows that European culture is superior.

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40717 Gender:	Re: Countries living standards list Reply #2 - Jun 10^th, 2007 at 7:52pm What, just because of mathematical facts ? Just because all of those at the top are whites and all at the bottom are blacks ? I guess you have a point there Donald.
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AusNat Ex Member Gender:	Re: Countries living standards list Reply #3 - Jun 10^th, 2007 at 7:59pm How can it be proven otherwise?
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Re: Countries living standards list
Reply #4 - Jun 10^th, 2007 at 8:44pm

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 10^th, 2007 at 7:52pm:

Just because all of those at the top are whites and all at the bottom are blacks ?

I never said anything about genetics or race, sprint. As I've said a million times before, culture and race aren't the same.

But I guess you can argue the genetic differences that led to the differences in living standards. I'm not sure. I'm not a biologist.

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I guess you have a point there Donald.

Of course I do. There's no other way to argue that fact. The highest are of European culture. The lowest being cultures other than European.

It's quite clear that European culture is that of a higher culture. And anything but is of a lower culture.

The only one that breaks the trend is Japan. However, they are largely westernised and base their society off a European model. No denying it.

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AusNat Ex Member Gender:	Re: Countries living standards list Reply #5 - Jun 10^th, 2007 at 8:48pm Quote: I never said anything about genetics or race I believe in Eugenics Quote: culture and race aren't the same. Race is the first influence, then culture gives it its final form of action.
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Classic Liberal Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 769 sydney Gender:	Re: Countries living standards list Reply #6 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 7:49pm Korea is also rich for a country that has to spend so much on its military. taiwan aint doing so bad either. so thats 3 to asia.
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ex-member DonaldTrump Gold Member Offline Oh mere mortals, open your eyes! Posts: 1995 Overseas Gender:	Re: Countries living standards list Reply #7 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 7:52pm Classic Liberal wrote on Jun 17^th, 2007 at 7:49pm: Korea is also rich for a country that has to spend so much on its military. taiwan aint doing so bad either. so thats 3 to asia. True. Those two countries are very similar to Japan though.
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Craig(Guest) Guest	Re: Countries living standards list Reply #8 - Aug 8^th, 2007 at 7:05pm You have missed something guys, most of the top 10 are Scandinavian not strictly European. In fact the top one, Norway, has refused to join the European Union and long may it remain that way.
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 48856 At my desk.	Re: Countries living standards list Reply #9 - Aug 8^th, 2007 at 7:12pm Hi Craig. Have you been here before? The name sounded familiar is all. Good point BTW. The UK is noticeably absent from the top 10, as are all the southern European countries. I wonder if it took into account the horrible weather.
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Re: Countries living standards list
Reply #10 - Aug 12^th, 2007 at 11:51pm

freediver wrote on Aug 8^th, 2007 at 7:12pm:

Hi Craig. Have you been here before? The name sounded familiar is all.

Good point BTW. The UK is noticeably absent from the top 10, as are all the southern European countries. I wonder if it took into account the horrible weather.

So horrible weather = good living conditions? I doubt it... otherwise Russia would be high on the list... as well as Poland, Estonia and Latvia. Its mainly culture I believe.

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Re: Countries living standards list
Reply #11 - Nov 3^rd, 2007 at 6:32pm

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The HDI measures the average achievements in a country in three basic dimensions of human development:

* A long and healthy life, as measured by life expectancy at birth.
* Knowledge, as measured by the adult literacy rate (with two-thirds weighting) and the combined primary, secondary, and tertiary gross enrollment ratio (with one-third weighting).
* A decent standard of living, as measured by the log of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita at purchasing power parity (PPP) in USD.

So can you tell me how culture affects literacy rate, life expectancy and standard of living, as opposed to say...hospitals, schools, good governance?

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Reply #12 - Nov 12^th, 2007 at 4:05pm

i recently discovered that finnish people have their origin in Asia and for the most part are still more genetically similar to asians that europeans.

so thats 4 to asian genetics

I really dont think genetics play a huge part, to say they play no part in peoples way of life is stupid but more weight must be given to culture.

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