Maybe we could get down to Chinese levels if we executed as many prisoners as they do.
You just replace prisons with "work camps," and suddenly the US is as great as China.
Just rename it to reeducational facility, duh.
It's one of the two things we're exceptionally better than the rest of the world at.
(The other being disability accommodations.)
As a disabled guy: yes, but actually no
(yes, we have disabled parking spots, they are over there and the ramp is at the other end of the building. yes, we have paratransit, but you have to prove your disability and our service only goes to our small city limits. yes, we made an uninforcible law that companies can't discriminate based on disability, that's why you see so many disabled people working. yes, you can get government services, and if you are a really poor motherfucker you can get a bit more, but if you hold a cent beyond 2k we will cut your extra funding - and we haven't updated that number in 30 years! yes, we here at Billion-Dollar Hotel have accommodations for you, do you want the shitty room with a useless bathtub or our suite that you can actually use that costs 4x as much? I could go on...)
E: yes, we here at Any Furry Convention offer hotels at discounted prices - oh wait, we didn't bother to book rooms for people with disabilities, so you will have to pay full price yourself, but you can cover $2,000 just for your hotel room with all that government money, right? (looking at you, Anthrocon)
I don't know how much you've traveled, but outside "Western" countries it gets bad really fast for anyone in a wheelchair. Like sidewalks in many places go from non-existent to completely unusable to walk, let alone wheel. Ramps? If you're lucky there's a 30 degree ramp. Elevators? Good luck, maybe standing room. Accessible toilets? Lol. Paratransit? I suppose you could hitch a ride as the bus swings by, barely stopping long enough for people to jump on. That's if there is transit in the first place. Kneeling buses, buses with ramps? Good fucking luck.
From what I've seen, it would be hell in a wheelchair, or having any mobility or other accessibility issues in 90% of the world.
I'm not saying its perfect here, not by any means (I've worked in the accessibility space, so I do know a bit.) However, it is a whole different world here in the west.
That said, fuck Anthrocon for doing that to you.
20% sounds perfectly reasonable for China in any case. They've got like 20% of the world's population...
It's wild that the US has 4%of the world population but 20% of the world's prison population. Gotta keep those slaves slaving somehow I guess ..
