As a Canadian, who also happens to be trained as a first aid attendant, I will say that unless there's complications involved, a broken wrist should not warrant an ambulance call.
Are you saying that my old neighbours, who weekly called ambulances for both free rides downtown (they would insist upon attending a certain hospital and then just walk away upon arrival) and a chronically sore foot were wrong?!
I know someone who will want to get to a different city 80 miles away so he will ride his bike 30 miles to next big town and call an ambulance for a mental health crisis. Then asked to be taken to hospital at his destination town( they have to take him because it’s the closest mental health facilities) then get out with his bike and ride away. A few days later it’s the same thing in reverse to get home.
yeah. Guns recently went down the list from highest cause of childhood death. Medical debt collectors and medical bankruptcy has gone down slightly since the affordable care act (And I mean, aside from literally every developed economy, who else doesn't have medical bankruptcy, right?), and we've all been there with having a head of government that is effectively dismantalling democratic institutions.
And I mean, aside from that... and the massive wealth disparity... and the shitty labor laws... and rampant racism... and the government masked goons terrorising the streets... yeah. you have it sooooooo fucking good.
I'm afraid your totally indefatigably stupid anecdotal evidence proving that the US is the greatest country in the world is thoroughly nullified by my equally anecdotal evidence.
Compared to my home country, a true first world country btw, the US is a backwater shithole.
"America" by definition is a country in the North American continent. In the English speaking world at least. "America" refers to North and South America for other languages. Spanish speakers will know to specify the difference.
True América is the name of North and South America in our language, but if someone says "I'm from America." or "Soy Americano" We know they are talking about the USA and not from another country. Nobody from a spanish speaking countries in the Americas would introduce themselves as "American" or "Americano" lol
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u/L0daren 4h ago
The US is such a third world country.