Quiz: Are Americans the worst humans on the planet?

[Stryder50]

No, actually we're the best humans on the planet.

However, most of the other humans suffer from America Envy.

 

[Dorian Mode]

Amazing !
So the USA has such power and dominance of the global economy.
Those other 151 countries didn't have the brains, resources, or gumption to work around big bad bully USA "economic sanctions".
As they go about in their Levis and Nikes and punching Microsoft on the PCs while sipping Starbucks ....

I think everyone can agree that American Foreign Policy has been overbearing for many decades. But one just has to imagine what the world would look like today if it wasn't policed by America for so long? What if America didn't fight the Cold War? Pax Americana kept the world from nuking itself and allowed us to develop the technologies that someday might make war unnecessary.

 

[MostBoringManInTheWorld]

Every race, culture, ethnicity, and country has the worst humans on the planet.

 

[Stryder50]

I think everyone can agree that American Foreign Policy has been overbearing for many decades. But one just has to imagine what the world would look like today if it wasn't policed by America for so long? What if America didn't fight the Cold War? Pax Americana kept the world from nuking itself and allowed us to develop the technologies that someday might make war unnecessary.

We got here largely due to the 50 years prior to the Cold War.
Admittedly, we didn't do the majority of effort and "heavy lifting" in World War One, just final tip of the scales so to speak.

But we definitely did the major impact of winning World War Two and setting up most of the aftermath. While Russia was pillaging Eastern Europe and tightening it's grip inside their "iron curtain"; the USA was doing Marshall Plan type rebuilding and we left a lot of our surplus gear "over there".

On top of what went over during the war via Lend-Lease, a lot of trucks, jeeps and transport aircraft got left "over there". Our strategic air war campaigns resulted in paved runway airports around the globe and establishment of set air route navigation, with the navigation devices, radar, traffic control, etc.

Ocean ports built and rebuilt, ocean crossing merchant ships that were surplus, lots of Liberty ships.

We were also still shipping lots of food overseas while the world was going through rebuilding and recovering from the war, and getting their own food growing and supplying back in order.

Pax Americana was a major source of feeding and rebuilding the post WW2 world. And a bit of cultural influence ~ Coke-Cola and Spam.

 

[JGalt]

However, most of the other humans suffer from America Envy.

That must be true, seeing as how everyone wants to come here.

 

[Dorian Mode]

That must be true, seeing as how everyone wants to come here.

Does anyone else find it extremely ironic that the left hate America and constantly say they want to leave, yet they love all the people who leave their countries to come live here? That's Leftist Logic.

 

[evenflow1969]

I don't think people from other areas think about us as much as you think. Good and bad people exist in every corner of the earth. There is no monopoly on either any where.

 

[task0778]

For starters, Americans do not embrace Sharia Law and those who do are among the worst humans on the planet. Then look at the various murderous dictatorships around the world, starting with Cuba and North Korea. Too many people suffer under crushing oppression and despite what the democrats say, nobody in this country suffers like that. Sure, bad things happen everywhere here and abroad but is it widespread? No.

 

[pknopp]

That must be true, seeing as how everyone wants to come here.

If we would quit destroying and undermining other countries, fewer would have to leave them.

 

[kflaux]

"Worst" is impossibly vague. You are in effect inviting everyone to define the term.

I for one would consider any person who harms not just people living today, but also the humans of future generations, to be "worse" than persons who cause little or no such harm.

And make no mistake, the climate crisis, caused primarily (but by no means exclusively) by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, will make life much harder, and in many cases impossible, for many, many generations, extending over centuries.

I'm not sure there is any other trend or tendency, ongoing in the world today, about which this can be said. When energy descent happens later this century, most of our environmental problems will begin to go away, simply because we will not have the energy or other resources necessary to continue soiling our own nest. But climate change will continue to make life miserable, at least, for many centuries, and has the potential to flip the planet into a completely different mode that humans have never before experienced.

As such, figures for GHG emissions, both cumulative per country and current per capita, are relevant, e.g.

List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Considering only current or near-current per capita emissions, the citizens of Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, Saudi Arabia et al are "worst", followed by Australia, then Canada, Russia, the U.S., S Korea, Japan, and the European nations.

So in this respect anyways, yes, the Aussies are even "worse" than the Yanks...but both are pretty bad....

 

[Invisibleflash]

Didn't vote. USA is very bad / evil.
But don't know if we are the worst.

 

[luiza]

However, most of the other humans suffer from America Envy.

You are collectively loathed and ridiculed .
Certainly by thinking people.

There was a period when shallow people passed judgement based on material acquisitions and wealth .
That is fading fast .
America increasingly now represents Corruption , Terrorism , Violence and Greed .
Even worse a stereotype has emerged based on arrogance and stupidity .

Not good .

 

[Stryder50]

Does anyone else find it extremely ironic that the left hate America and constantly say they want to leave, yet they love all the people who leave their countries to come live here? That's Leftist Logic.

I'm not so sure about that.
Left loves the ignorant laborers who come here mostly illegally, who will work for the Left cheaply.

I doubt they'd accept my neighbor, "refugee" from Poland, former member of solidarity, hates socialism/communism with a passion. Might have something to do with his being a guest of the KGB for several months due to his Solidarity activism.

BTW, Leftist & Logic are classic oxymorons.

 

[Stryder50]

"Worst" is impossibly vague. You are in effect inviting everyone to define the term.

I for one would consider any person who harms not just people living today, but also the humans of future generations, to be "worse" than persons who cause little or no such harm.

And make no mistake, the climate crisis, caused primarily (but by no means exclusively) by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, will make life much harder, and in many cases impossible, for many, many generations, extending over centuries.

I'm not sure there is any other trend or tendency, ongoing in the world today, about which this can be said. When energy descent happens later this century, most of our environmental problems will begin to go away, simply because we will not have the energy or other resources necessary to continue soiling our own nest. But climate change will continue to make life miserable, at least, for many centuries, and has the potential to flip the planet into a completely different mode that humans have never before experienced.

As such, figures for GHG emissions, both cumulative per country and current per capita, are relevant, e.g.

List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Considering only current or near-current per capita emissions, the citizens of Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, Saudi Arabia et al are "worst", followed by Australia, then Canada, Russia, the U.S., S Korea, Japan, and the European nations.

So in this respect anyways, yes, the Aussies are even "worse" than the Yanks...but both are pretty bad....

With GHGs at about 0.005% of total atmosphere their impact is grossly over-rated, exaggerated.
Your list leaves out China and India who should beat the top.

 

[Stryder50]

If we would quit destroying and undermining other countries, fewer would have to leave them.

Other countries are quite capable and guilty of their own undermining and destruction.
USA has much more "hands-off" and dis-interest in other countries than the global leftist imagine.

Out of the 151 other countries on Earth, please list which ones the USA has destroyed and/or undermined and to which measurable extent.

 

[Stryder50]

Meanwhile check out who owns the most banks and assets, on this planet, especially the within the top ten on the list;

List of largest banks - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

18 Largest Banks In The World By Total Assets | 2026 Edition - RankRed

Six of the 18 largest banks are headquartered in China, and three are in Japan. Only four banks are U.S.-based, and the rest are European.

www.rankred.com

Top 20 Largest Banks in the World (2025): Ranked by Market Capitalization | Enterprise Wired

The 20 Largest Banks in the World (2025), ranked by market cap, featuring global giants like JPMorgan Chase and ICBC driving innovation, stability, and economic growth.

enterprisewired.com

 

[Stryder50]

You are collectively loathed and ridiculed .
Certainly by thinking people.

There was a period when shallow people passed judgement based on material acquisitions and wealth .
That is fading fast .
America increasingly now represents Corruption , Terrorism , Violence and Greed .
Even worse a stereotype has emerged based on arrogance and stupidity .

Not good .

Coming from the nation that was one of the largest colonial powers on Earth ....
.... which includes centuries of abuse, pillage and cultural devastation ....
Played a major role in starting two world wars ...
Is now a bankrupt, pathetic nation of welfare deadbeats ...
you might take a look in the mirror and deal with the UK's role first.

 

[luiza]

Coming from the nation that was one of the largest colonial powers on Earth ....
.... which includes centuries of abuse, pillage and cultural devastation ....
Played a major role in starting two world wars ...
Is now a bankrupt, pathetic nation of welfare deadbeats ...
you might take a look in the mirror and deal with the UK's role first.

Pathetic attempted Deflection as used all the time by Munchers like yourself .

Let alone inaccurate statements from one of the site's worst phoneys .
Stand up and be counted, instead of running to the Weeping Bucket to use the past as your excuse for Corruption and Terrorism .

 

[kflaux]

With GHGs at about 0.005% of total atmosphere their impact is grossly over-rated, exaggerated.

The current concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is around 430 ppm (parts per million).
A hydrogen cyanide concentration of 150 ppm in the air is fatal to humans.
Depending on the substance and the system, small amounts can have big effects.

The fact that the minuscule quantities of CO2 and other GHGs have major effects on the climate is not only settled science, completely uncontroversial, it has been settled science for over a century. As this article explains.

How do we know more CO2 is causing warming?

<p>An enhanced greenhouse effect from CO2 has been confirmed by multiple lines of empirical evidence. Satellite measurements of infrared spectra over the past 40 years observe less energy escaping to space at the wavelengths associated with CO2. Surface measurements find more downward infrared...

skepticalscience.com

More generally, why do you think know better than the tens of thousands of PhDs working in this and related fields?

Your list leaves out China and India who should beat the top.

It's not "my" list, it's Wikipedia's. But yes, as nations, they should be at or near the top.
Per-capita emissions however are another matter.

 

[pknopp]

Other countries are quite capable and guilty of their own undermining and destruction.
USA has much more "hands-off" and dis-interest in other countries than the global leftist imagine.

Out of the 151 other countries on Earth, please list which ones the USA has destroyed and/or undermined and to which measurable extent.

Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Venezuela, Cuba, Palestine, Ukraine, Russia, Iraq,........we can start there.