Eniliad said:
@solomongrundy I assure you, we're not all like that in the US
300 million roughly are like that, a few million are not.
There is no way to escape the fact the US, after having for the last century or so, told the whole world they are the bestest country in the whole wide wooooorld and that Americans are exceptional, people are upset when it is pointed out that the US today is more like an old clunker of a car with a fresh coat of paint, once you chip away the new paint, you find a pill rotten society.
We all know the "Land of the Free" claim, funny when you consider the US has less then 5% of the worlds population but over 25% of the worlds prison population. It should be, in line with reality, called "Land of the Incarcerated" as you have a greater chance of dying behind bars in the US then in North Korea!
And when it comes to democracy and liberty, the US ranks 19 and is closer to Botswana then to #1 Norway, see the Democracy Index.
Norway scores 9.80, the US at 19 scores 8.11 and Botswana at 33 scores 7.63. Soon the US will be less democratic then Botswana!
And if you want to live the American Dream, move to Scandinavia, they are living it!