U.S. Ranks First in Some Amazing, If Disturbing, Categories

As far as I can discern, Americans are unique in the world for their capacity to vote against their own interests. This is not some weird speculation; it’s a subject that has been thoroughly explored by people a heck of a lot smarter than I’ll ever be.  In fact, here are 33.9 million webpages on the topic.

Of course, the entire Trump phenomenon is a classic example. Trump supporters are far more likely than his detractors to suffer from his policies on taxation, healthcare, fiscal stimuli, public education, environmental pollution, labor, commerce, and war-making. Of course, this is all more than counterbalanced by his policy on not permitting the protest of police violence against blacks during the nation anthem, his penchant for belittling madmen with nuclear weapons, e.g., Little Rocket Man, and keeping people with dark skin out of our country.

Here’s something to consider along these lines: The U.S. is the only developed country in the Top 10 of deaths per capita from air and water pollution.  Incredibly, lots of American voters a) want to remove themselves and 22 million others from the healthcare roles by repealing the ACA, and then b) run a high risk of contracting a dread disease from the air they breathe and the water they drink.

If this lunacy exists in other parts of the world, I’m unaware of it.