peabody
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We allow the elites to exploit the masses to gain untold wealth and power. We do it with bad trade deals, privatization, endless war and deregulation among others.My caveat is that America is also great in many ways. The best in the world for a few things.
However, a lot of things about this country really suck.
1) Our infrastructure system is one of the worst in the developed world.
2) Our child poverty rate is the worst among developed nations.
3) Our GDP spending per person on healthcare is high in comparison to other nations.
4) Our healthcare system is ranked among the worst of developed nations due to its high cost to consumers and ineligibility for millions of others.
5) Trump - an unprecedented embarrassment to governments everywhere - will be president. We are the laughing stock of the world (note: I wouldn't say this if ANY other republican had won instead).
6) We are the only country on earth that has an incoming government that denies the existence of climate change.
7) Water supplies across the country have dangerous amounts of lead in the water. It's the emergency that no one in the mainstream media will cover.
8) This country has the widest income disparity than any developed country on earth.
America kind of blows. The bad slightly outweighs all the good.
And unfortunately there is no solution. Both of the two main parties and the MSM have been taken over by corporatists who do anything to maintain power and control.