International Pew survey on division in 17 advanced economies (2021)

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Strong/very strong conflicts between people who support different political parties %

Highest

  1. USA - 90
  2. South Korea - 90
  3. Taiwan - 69
  4. France - 65
  5. Italy - 64
Lowest
  1. Singapore - 33
  2. Sweden - 35
  3. New Zealand - 38
  4. Netherlands - 38
  5. Japan - 39


Strong/very strong conflicts between people with different ethnic or racial backgrounds % - Ethnic fractionalization (2003)

Highest

  1. USA - 71 - 0.490100
  2. France - 64 - 0.103200
  3. Italy - 57 - 0.114500
  4. South Korea - 57 - 0.002000
  5. Germany - 55 - 0.168200
Lowest
  1. Taiwan - 22 - 0.274400
  2. Singapore - 25 - 0.385700
  3. Spain - 32 - 0.416500
  4. Japan - 36 - 0.011900
  5. New Zealand - 37 - 0.396900


Strong/very strong conflicts between people who practice different religions %

Highest

  1. South Korea - 61
  2. France - 56
  3. USA - 49
  4. Belgium - 46
  5. Germany - 46
Lowest
  1. Taiwan - 12
  2. Spain - 19
  3. Singapore - 21
  4. New Zealand - 25
  5. Canada - 30
  6. Australia - 30


Strong/very strong conflicts between people who live in cities and people who live in rural areas %

Highest

  1. France - 45
  2. South Korea - 43
  3. USA - 42
  4. Germany - 30
  5. Canada - 29
Lowest
  1. Spain - 12
  2. Taiwan - 15
  3. Greece - 17
  4. Sweden - 18
  5. Japan - 18


Most divided by far:
  1. USA - 90 (politics)
  2. South Korea - 90 (politics)
  3. USA - 71 (race)
  4. Taiwan - 69 (politics)
  5. France - 65 (politics)
  6. France - 64 (race)
  7. Italy - 64 (politics)


Source
 
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Been saying it for awhile. Americans actually hate each other.
 
Current top twenty economies in the world. It would be interesting to see how they all rank.

Rank Country
GDP (Nominal) (billions of $)

1 United States
20,807.27

2 China
15,222.16

3 Japan
4,910.58

4 Germany
3,780.55

5 United Kingdom
2,638.30

6 India
2,592.58

7 France
2,551.45

8 Italy
1,848.22

9 Canada
1,600.26

10 South Korea
1,586.79

11 Russia
1,464.08

12 Brazil
1,363.77

13 Australia
1,334.69

14 Spain
1,247.46

15 Indonesia
1,088.77

16 Mexico
1,040.37

17 Netherlands
886.34

18 Switzerland
707.87

19 Saudi Arabia
680.90

20 Turkey
649.44
 
Wtf does a 90% conflict rate mean exactly?

Seems nebulous
 
Wtf does a 90% conflict rate mean exactly?

Seems nebulous

90% of people surveyed agreed that there were strong/very strong conflicts between people who _________.
 
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South Korea is still mostly Korean. It’s weird that they dislike other pole in their borders to that degree. Seems an odd inclusion
 
I feel like a lot of the political division is finally subsiding and the people on the fringes and those who don’t pay attention to politics aren’t seeing it yet.

The Supreme Court is actually a well functioning machine right now (thanks Donnie) and infrastructure spending and China are bipartisan issues. Healthcare and EITC are some of the most consequential and least controversial issues right now, because even Republicans see that their constituents love those things.
 
Seems like the more racially homogenous countries often have less political tension. That makes a lot of sense tbh. Racial diversity isn't really a positive thing no matter what politicians and woke people tell you. It's just another element of tribalism to fight over.
 
Seems like the more racially homogenous countries often have less political tension. That makes a lot of sense tbh. Racial diversity isn't really a positive thing no matter what politicians and woke people tell you. It's just another element of tribalism to fight over.
Racial diversity is fine. Cultural "diversity" is what fucks us.
 
90% of people surveyed agreed that there were strong/very strong conflicts between people who x.
That's what it means?

That makes the poll less meaningful then. Certain countries culturally avoid conflict while others look to create it.

French, Koreans, and Americans tend to be the type of who are comfortable with conflict generally. Japanese and Taiwanese, not as much.

Then you have a place like Singapore, which is a large city that happens to be a country.
 
Seems like the more racially homogenous countries often have less political tension. That makes a lot of sense tbh. Racial diversity isn't really a positive thing no matter what politicians and woke people tell you. It's just another element of tribalism to fight over.

Netherlands is pretty diverse and is doing okay according to those stats.
 
Makes sense, US has a two party system and the higest diversity rate. Conflicts will naturally arise

This is really what it comes down to. The US is one of the most diverse modernized countries on the planet. There's bound to be conflict, especially when you only give people two choices.
 
90% of people surveyed agreed that there were strong/very strong conflicts between people who x.

To be honest, even as much as I talk shit and “argue” on here, and all the division we see, I don’t buy that stat. The question is essentially how do you think others get along in regards to xyz. Seems like bs a little.
 
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