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Comment by thisisnotabi

12 hours ago

lol the US was a .60 in 1789 during slavery. this chart is useless.

The reason the US scores a 0.6 in 1789 comes down to how composite data is aggregated and the global baseline of the 18th century.

Yes, people have put thought into this. This is why I trust institutions and not random posters on the internet.

  • The reason that US and its allies/friendlies always score high on these kinds of ratings while their enemies/adversaries always score low is because these institutions and 'experts' are directly funded by and beholden to these countries/interests.

    Just look at Russia - it's score is highest in the 90s - the most corrupt and destitute time in its modern history, also happens to be when it was deemed somewhat friendly to US and friends.