I've gone into what I like about America in a few places on this site:
>>157167>>489240So with these previous posts in mind, I agree with only
a few of OP's claims:
Firstly, the nature. I agree that the territory which now comprises the states of the United States, particularly on the North American continent, is incredibly beautiful and bountiful.
Secondly, I agree, loosely, with "I like most people here." I think that the American people are kinder hearted oftentimes than they come across as, and are less intolerant than people make them out to be. It's mostly the American state which punishes & discourages these positive qualities for its own ends.
These two points aside, I disagree with everything else you've written. The United States is the richest country on earth and our infrastructure is crumbling. We spend so much on war, and yet we have major cities which struggle to do maintenance on their water infrastructure. Our transit system is a total laughing stock, poisoned by perpetual corrupt political moves to privatize things which only work as
public services.Our "innovation culture" is also a joke - most of the "innovation" for the past 40 years has been in patent rentseeking, as well as other "innovations" to charge as much as possible for things which are not actually scarce. US tax money built the internet, and then the gov't decided to put private companies in charge of it, and those corporations have persistently "innovated" at sabotage and suing the regulators for the corporate "right" to throttle access. Public money built Tesla - and then Tesla "innovated" by installing software in its vehicles which artificially limited the charge capacity of the batteries so that they could sell the same model of car with that software turned off for higher prices. The US consistently "innovates" at taking things which were impressive, making them crap, and then charging
extra for versions of the same product without the modifications which made them crap. It's embarrassing. There was a time when the US produced impressive works, but we're currently in the time dominated by finance capital.
We're the richest country on earth, and what remains of our "social safety net" is another joke. Clinton scrapped welfare in t
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