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Originally Posted by Wakanda
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I think it's funny when uneducated people pretend that America is a failed experiment. A new kid on the block. Because they saw something Europeans said on the internet.
Depending on how you define it, Germany is either 36 or 155 years old
Modern Italy was established as a nation-state on March 17, 1861
The United Kingdom as we know it today was formed in 1922
South Korea, formally known as the Republic of Korea, was officially established on August 15, 1948
Are all of these countries failed experiments too, or is only America a failed experiment because you don't like the current president? Why are all these European and Asian countries thriving while America is failing as an experiment? Why do so many people risk their lives to move to America?
In closing: which of these countries do you think we should aspire to be more like? Do you perhaps think the CCP (founded in 1949, still an experiment right), would be more in line with your ideals?
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Serious question: Do you live in the same reality as the rest of us? I get your point about all the other countries: but America is one of the most expensive countries to live in the world right now (in the modern sense with the modern drippings like house, food, transportation), and it lacks things like universal healthcare, childcare, easy access to higher education etc.
It's the land of the vapid, self-serving masses, where you can go to thrive if you:
a) want to be a soul-sucking, leech on society and peddle your "influence" in the form of YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, etc channels
b) are an executive at one of the massive companies that have pushed most small businesses out of existence, and want to continue to pay your workers a tiny bit, while you exploit tax loopholes to pay yourself in millions of dollars of stock options per year, while you claim a salary of $180k.
And otherwise are told: "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps" while you watch your grocery bill double in a year's time, your utilities bills skyrocket, your gas prices nearly double in a few months, while you watch non-stop cable "news" channels to figure out who to hate.