The United Nations Office for Sustainable Development recently released a ranking of countries' levels of sustainable development, and it is surprising that the United States is ranked as a "developing country" at 41st, not much different from Cuba. This result has attracted global attention because the United States is recognized as the only superpower, with great economic and military power, but when it comes to sustainable development, it performs so badly.
Why is that?It turns out that the United Nations ranking does not only look at the economy and the military, but pays more attention to the two aspects of "environment and fairness", and the United States has serious problems in these two aspects. The United States is a wealthy country, but it is also a deeply polarized country, with a white minority holding most of the wealth and power, while the majority of blacks and other minorities live in poverty and discrimination.
Although black people in the United States have excellent performance in sports and other fields, and there are some successful individuals, this does not change their low status in American society. The police in the United States often use violence against black people, even shooting innocent black people, and the legal and judicial system in the United States is also unjust to black people. The United States claims to be a "human rights defender," but it violates the basic human rights of black people in its own country.
The problem of racism in the United States is already very serious, threatening the social stability and national unity of the United States, and if it is not resolved, the United States may become two countries. In order to alleviate racial antagonism, both the United States and the capitalists are trying to elevate the status of blacks, so that more whites accept and respect blacks, and let more blacks appear in important positions and roles.
For example, Biden appointed a black man as U.S. Secretary of Defense, although he himself can't even remember his name. The White House spokesman was also replaced by a black woman. The representative of the United States at the United Nations is also a black woman. These measures are all aimed at making American society more diverse and inclusive, but they also reflect how deep the racial problem in the United States is.
In addition to blacks, there is also widespread discrimination against Asians in the United States, and Asians are often attacked by violence and robbery, and the social environment in the United States is not safe. The United States is one of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases, but it is unwilling to take the corresponding responsibility, and the United States has caused huge damage to the global ecological environment. Therefore, the United States is indeed inferior to some developing countries in terms of sustainable development.
At present, the United Nations General Assembly is being held in New York, where leaders have held a number of talks, and the United Nations has released some important information and data. As a superpower, the United States should play a greater role in sustainable development, rather than becoming a "developing country".