What is the major problem of your country?

[pjk]

I saw this topic on another forum, and since this forum is pretty spread out internationally, I figured I'd ask here.

What is the major problem of your country?

I'm in America (USA), and I think our biggest problem now is resolving the war issue, then slowing the burning of fossil fuels .

 

[FU]

Singapore.

i'd have to say, the over emphasis on academic abilities in the education system, the fast pace of life (although it is a key to sustainable economic development), and the lack of grace in many (eg. rushing for seats in trains and buses, cutting queues isn't rare)

 

[magicsquares]

Philippines...

We, ourselves, I guess...

 

[Stefan]

Humankind.

 

[Johannes91]

School .

 

[guusrs]

Netherlands: Too much people!
(but still too less cubers)

 

[gillesvdp]

No government for 6 months now

 

[Lotsofsloths]

I'm in America (USA), and I think our biggest problem now is resolving the war issue, then slowing the burning of fossil fuels .

I'd have to agree about the war, and the government doesn't want to cut fossil fuels, for the say it will ruin the economy, but, as you said before; thats not a big issue at the moment.

 

[ExoCorsair]

Imperialistic government, weak & corrupt officials, crap educational system, ignorant/apathetic public, and Social Security. The war is bad too, but that's a result of the above.

 

[hdskull]

Di-ck and Bush.

 

[tim]

The major problem of "my" country is, that it's a country. But that's probably a humankind issue.

 

[4GO57O]

Philippines: corrupt officials...
too much demodracy...spoiled people
too much people

 

[deadalnix]

France.

The fear of the reform.

 

[CorwinShiu]

I'm in America (USA), and I think our biggest problem now is resolving the war issue, then slowing the burning of fossil fuels .

I'd have to agree about the war, and the government doesn't want to cut fossil fuels, for the say it will ruin the economy, but, as you said before; thats not a big issue at the moment.

After the war, I would say our economy. The dollar is dropping like crazy. Also, obesity is a pretty big problem; but that goes for almost every country.

 

[badmephisto]

Canada:
-letting people with PhD's in, and then have them work in taxi cabs

 

[Dene]

New Zealand.... I would say the pro-liberal government, although that may just be because I'm conservative, but let us be honest, we no longer have jails, we instead have "corrections-facilities", we have NO RIGHT to punish mis-behavours, only to tell them what they did wrong, which results in a lot of teenagers who think they can get away with anything - and do (in terms of education/smoking/drugs/sex/suicide etc etc). I could go on, but I won't (I'm also a teenager btw, and I cannot wait to rid my self of such a demeaning title).

 

[AvGalen]

I think that most people are not enjoying life enough, but they seem to think they have the right to be happier. So they blame work, responsibilities, politics, traphic or whatever because those are problems they cannot solve by themselves.

Fact: Most countries are very good places to live in right now, have been for a long time, and will be for a long time. So just enjoy it and make it a little better by fixing the small problems you can.

 

[Dene]

Fact: Most countries are very good places to live in right now, have been for a long time, and will be for a long time. So just enjoy it and make it a little better by fixing the small problems you can.

I don't feel like getting into a debate, but I think you're overlooking the basic fact that around 27% of the world's population live in extreme poverty (that is, those who don't earn an equivalent of US$1 a day). You see, when you say "good", you are being far too ambiguous, but like I said, I don't feel like debating . If you want to really get into it, I recommend books on Political Philosophy (Locke/Hobbes/Rawls etc.) Happy philosophizing!

 

[badmephisto]

Fact: Most countries are very good places to live in right now, have been for a long time, and will be for a long time. So just enjoy it and make it a little better by fixing the small problems you can.

I don't feel like getting into a debate, but I think you're overlooking the basic fact that around 27% of the world's population live in extreme poverty (that is, those who don't earn an equivalent of US$1 a day). You see, when you say "good", you are being far too ambiguous, but like I said, I don't feel like debating . If you want to really get into it, I recommend books on Political Philosophy (Locke/Hobbes/Rawls etc.) Happy philosophizing!

Yes but how many of those people included in the 27% don't even have a proper concept of what money actually is? I'm always a little skeptical about statistics like that, which get thrown around without any proper description of what they actually represent, and who they include...
like yesterday I read on an ad that like 50% of children in Canada have trouble reading... What exactly does something like that mean, and how outrageous does that sound?

 

[Dene]

Ah yes, I like the way you think. That is exactly correct, but the idea was mainly to show that the world perhaps isn't such a great place. I mean one only has to look at Zimbabwe to see chaos in its most extreme form.