The USA: Love it or Fix it
Somehow, my fb page had a conversation on it from some conservative types who were all touting that people complain about the USA but then enjoy its freedoms. They talked about how bad it is in other countries and if people don't like it here they should get the hell out. I had to respond, so I did. Here's what I wrote:
I
don't know how this ended up on my page, but since it did, I have to
tell you that there are dozens of countries that have the same and often
more freedoms than we have here in the USA. And better economies, and
better schools, better medical availability, and so forth. It's just a
myth that we are the best. We're not any longer. And no, I'm not moving.
My family is here an that makes this home. But the home, USA, could
certainly use some improving in a lot of areas: How we treat
immigrants--especially illegal immigrants--and asylum seekers; how we
treat, mistreat, minorities; how we are in love with imprisoning people;
how we like to make poor people grovel for the little bit of help we
offer them in the way of food stamps or HUD housing; how we love to take
from the middle class and give to the rich; how we care so little for
the environment these days; how we deny science as a reality; how we
love to bomb the shit out of other countries, and how we love to sell
weapons to others so that they can do it too. The list of needed
improvements is pretty extensive. Time to get to work on that.
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