[Amazing] 25 Countries With Something To Be Ashamed Of
Every country is known for something. Sometimes those things are good, and sometimes those things are bad. Today, we’re going to be concerning ourselves with the latter. Whether it’s a butter shortage in Norway or an actual war against emus in Australia, these are 25 Countries With Something To Be Ashamed Of.
Norway
Source: wikipedia
The Norwegian Butter Crisis of 2011 – it ran out of butter.
Most of Scandinavia and the German speaking world
Source: wikipedia,
Forced sterilization of people with mental illnesses and gypsies from the 1930’s to the 1970’s
Australia
Source: wikipedia, Image: pixabay.com
The Emu War – The Australian military lost a war against emus. Two of them in fact. (just Google Emu War)
New Zealand
Source: UN, wikipedia
Domestic violence statistics are pretty high. And also, the national bird can’t fly.
Nigeria
It’s princes keep asking foreigners for money.
Argentina
Source: wikipedia, Image: pixabay.com
Around the turn of the 20th century, it was the 7th wealthiest country on Earth. After 100 years of poor management and dictatorships, it is only now entering the developed world again.
Germany
Do we even need to go into this?
United Kingdom
Source: wikipedia
The Daily Mail. In spite of supporting Hitler right up until the eve of the war in 1939, this is still somehow Britain’s most popular tabloid.
Italy
Source: wikipedia
The invention of fascism.
China
Source: bbc, Image: pixabay.com
Tourists. The government even had to release training material teaching tourists how to act when abroad.
Canada
Source: wikipedia
Justin Bieber. Seriously though, residential schools. These were basically created to force the assimilation of native children into Canadian culture.
Brazil
Source: wikipedia, Image: www.pexels.com
Losing to Germany in the World Cup
Ecuador
Source: John Oliver
The president makes weekly addresses to the nation, sometimes with a children’s clown.
Note: Ecuadorians love the clown.
Australia
Source: wikipedia, Image: en.wikipedia.org (public domain)
“The Stolen Generation,” when aborigine children were forcibly removed from their homes
United States
Source: wikipedia
The Imperial System. It fought a war to get rid of the British but still uses the king’s foot as a basis of measurement. Also, other things…
Armenia
The Kardashians (yes, it’s a joke)
Spain
Source: wikipedia
Bullfights. Many Spaniards aren’t actually very proud of them. Also, the conquistadors.
South Africa
Source: wikipedia, Image: commons.wikimedia.org (public domain)
Apartheid. Also, it went from having world class infrastructure in the 90’s to constant power outages. There’s even a joke that asks, “What did South Africans use before candles?”….”Electricity!”
India
Source: wikipedia
The caste system and how it still affects society in spite of being abolished.
Czech Republic
Source: wikipedia
The presidency. After Vaclav Havel basically went down in history as the poet/politician/revolutionary of the century, the Czech presidency has been held mostly by drunkards and pen stealers (Google it).
Russia
Source: bbc
Outside Russia…Stalin. Inside Russia…Yeltsin.
Malaysia
Source: http://ift.tt/1Pyn4jM, Image: pixabay.com
You thought your country’s politicians were bad? Just talk to a Malaysian.
Liechtenstein
Not mattering. At all.
Mexico
Source: wikipedia
Drug cartels. To make things worse though, the drug cartels often do more for the local communities than the government does.
Belgium
Source: wikipedia
Having no government for almost 2 years and not being able to tell the difference from when there actually was a government.
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