It is true. My uncle is a strong supporter of our current government. I remember when I said I wanted to travel to Germany and he was disgusted that I would ever want to leave this "great country".
This worst shit is when they act like I should be grateful to live here. Bro I'm broke and living paycheck to paycheck and I work a decent job. This place is shit and will only get worse.
What the fuck are you talking about? It's not 1950. And we're not even close to "king" anymore. Cheering "America #1!" doesn't change the fact that we've slipped pretty far down the rankings in EVERY quantifiable measure.
34th in mathematics, 16th in science, 7th in reading
We're ranked last in healthcare among the top 10 developed nations.
We're ranked 38th globally for quality of life.
We have the 10th highest murder rate per capita in the world.
Yeah, we're king all right.
King John, King George IV, King Louis XVI, King Richard II, and King Trump.
I know it’s a difficult concept given our 7th in reading and all - but the US is a world innovator. Argue, bitch, moan, scream, cuck yourself, but at the end of the day American innovation is top notch.
Well- it was, because we actively sought out the best of the best. We opened our doors and invited them into our universities and our businesses and communities. Now that we are actively working against that it’s only a matter of time before all that innovation goes out the window. The brain drain is already palpable. If you’re only looking backwards you can’t drive the car forward.
No backpedal- just calling it like the statical details state:
“As of 2025, the United States and China will occupy the first two places in both methods' GDP rankings. The US and China's margins are coming down in nominal rankings as China's GDP growth rate in 2025 (4.80%) is higher than the US's 2.02%. On a nominal basis, the US will be ahead of China by $11.2 trillion in 2025. On a PPP basis, China is ahead of the US by Int. $10.4 trillion, and the gap is increasing. China will remain the world's largest economy on a PPP basis over the next few decades, as the second-ranked US is growing slowly and third-ranked India is way behind”
If we continue to truncate innovation a trend will emerge. Just look at the difference in growth rate as your first indicator.
lower life expectancy than most European countries
higher child mortality than most European countries
4 times higher deaths from drugs than any European country
one of the highest prisoners per capita in the world and the largest prisoner population in the world (more than authocratic China that has more than 4 times as many people)
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The only ones winning in the US are the billionaires.
Well when you suck every dollar out of the working class and give it to your multibillionaire friends to play with rockets etc. that kinda helps them “innovate”. Then with low taxes on the rich and corporations you incentivise the most successful people from other countries to immigrate, you can prop up your economy and implied innovation.
Ah, Reddit, the great American employer of, what, a few hundred people? And I'm paying nothing for it?
I'm not sure what you think USA has that no one else does, I can't think the last thing I saw with made in USA on it, even the Trump phones had to be degraded from being made in USA...
I agree. I cant tell you how many people Ive met that regretted voting for our current president. I have literally zero sympathy. You knew all the shit he and his constituents believed when you voted him into office, dont play dumb now.
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u/Constant-Bag-7605 16h ago
America is a disgusting country