Why is the United States so backwards?

@Beautifullyderanged Switzerland maybe

@Bluemoon clearly you've never been to Switzerland.

@Beautifullyderanged Norway, Finland, England? Yeah they have problems but when compared to the U.S. they’re better off.

@Johnblackthorn Sounds good to me:
Higher standard of living:
Swiss cities, houses and food are all top quality. Crime is very low, so you'd feel pretty safe roaming around in the middle of night all alone. There're no beggars on street, and every body around you looks very well off, it's surreal. You can drink from any public water fountain in the city, and all public places are kept really clean. There're many reasons why Zurich consistently fares as one of the top 3 cities in the world to live in. Mercer Quality of Living Survey

Higher pay and lower taxes:
Swiss wages are pretty high. If you're a waiter, you get paid minimum 20 CHF per hour. If you're an engineer or a banker, your salary is better off than your US colleagues. On top of that, the taxes are relatively lower. Swiss Tax Calculator

Amazing public transportation / travel opportunities:
You're right in the middle of Europe. From Zurich, Germany is an hour away, France and Italy are 2. Everything else is a few hours by flight. The trains are all on time, and the transportation both intra-city and inter-city is very good. You can pin point any remote location and reach there solely by public transportation. Switzerland is also part of Schengen treaty, even though it's not part of European Union. That means, citizens of visa deprived countries (like India / China) can roam around freely in EU if they're living / working in Switzerland. SBB: Swiss Train System

@Bluemoon they have some crime issues, you can't drive a truck on a Sunday, trucks can't weigh more that 24 tonnes or something equally ridiculous.

@SW-User I'm from the UK, trust me, we have just as many problems

@Bluemoon Switzerland has
blatant ageism, xenophobia and raciam

@Johnblackthorn I’ve been to Switzerland on several occasions. It’s a pretty great little country.

Omg transportation regulations how absurd 🙄

@Johnblackthorn like the average person would casually want to drive a 24 tonnes truck lol you’re taking it to extreme. Good economy and low crime rate is something enormous

@Bluemoon Also - universal healthcare, a functional pension system, 25% immigrant population without too much friction, etc. Switzerland is doing very well on a number of metrics.

But of course, no country is perfect and Switzerland has its own problems.

@QuixoticSoul no one said it’s perfect, but compared to others I think it’s doing great

@Bluemoon at least half your point have absolutely nothing to do with a country being more advanced than another one. The tax only appears lower, and your income has to take into account the "rent income" from your home, yes you have to add a fictitious income for ren if you own your home, fuel in Switzerland is $6 a gallon and only $3 a gallon in the USA I'm not sure that the gallons are the same size.
the Swiss wages are higher but so are the prices, but prices and tax are not indicators of how advanced a country is.