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Secularism is a belief system that also rejects religion.
Stop mixing contexts. In the context of politics its about keeping unfalsifiable beliefs out of the public sphere, not to be confused with philosophical secularism.
The US can blame most of its domestic problems on retaining a permanent underclass which has nothing to do with religion but everything to do with government and culture.
But it's always nice to bash people you don't like.
Well for one it's filled with more Europeans. You know the ones, those racist slave owners that founded this ****hole? Yeah, a place with lots of people who like Trump is doing better than our "melting" pot.
I sure hope they keep going with this series. My guess is that they'll cross over from the reality their lying eyes tell them everyday to the politically correct patois that their "social" science backgrounds demand of them.
I reject their measurements of gun ownership, capital punishment and intensive sex ed as a sign of how a country is doing. what kind of horse manure is that?
here's how I measure it...
the GDP per capita in all of the EU is ~$37K (in 2015)
the GDP per capita in the US (as of 3 yrs ago) was $57K. Its higher now
Secularism and statism replaced religion. Not always with good results( Nazi Germany, communist Russia, China, North Korea, Cuba,.....
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