The Good Country Index measures what countries contribute to the world outside their own borders, and what they take away: it’s their balance-sheet towards humanity and the planet

  • Lime Buzz (fae/she)@beehaw.org
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    13 days ago

    There are no good countries, there may be ‘better’ ones, but a country existing is inherently exclusionary and creates hierarchy.

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      13 days ago

      That assumes absolute good and bad. Good can also have a relative meaning, when used for comparison.

    • Kissaki@beehaw.orgOP
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      11 days ago

      The initiator wanted to introduce a new kind of look at countries, to not only look and value and rank them by gdp or happiness index but by their contributions to outside their own country. They call this good, as in doing good things rather than selfish things.

      ‘Better’ is a ranking of ‘goodness’ as well.

      That side, do you see no good in hierarchy at all?