Seinfeld isn't funny.
We can't understand how millions can vote for a senile, convicted sexual predator as president....
Dude half of us don't understand it either.
It's amazing what decades of defunding education will do when you mix it with a healthy dose of conservative talk show TV and social media algorithms.
The root of their problems is not political or politicians it's greedy capitalism. Arguably it's also the root of their morally ambiguous success.
America is the whole continent. You guys just fenced the worst part of it.
Ahem. It's TWO continents.
Most "third world" or "developing" countries aren't that bad, and there are places in the US far worse than the median developing country.
Also most people in most places do not want to go to the US, even to visit much less immigrate. It's generally either the worst of a particular society or those specifically harmed by the US previously and feel their chances are better off with the abuser instead of in the abused country. It's not a wanted destination.
Your gun worship is killing you.
The main reason US can and could ever delude itself into being great is for having a ridiculous people-to-land/resources ratio. There is nothing inherently great about how the US does things, it just seems that way because you can do whatever you want if you have essentially infinite resources compared to everyone else.
All of your sitcoms are crap. The same recycled gags over and over. Unpleasant people who hate each other snarking, saying "oh my god" and then explaining their jokes.
Affordable healthcare
Public transit
Civilian oversight
Prisoner rehabilitation
Universal income
Free education
Separation of religion and state
Wealth taxes
Law enforcement accountability
Environmental regulations…
You should do this for other countries too. America isn't the only country with an idealised view of what other people think of them.
Needing two jobs to survive isn't a good thing.
We exist as much as you do. You're not the main character.
You wasted your chance as a hyper-power. The Soviet Union had fallen and the world was essentially yours but you did nothing with it. Now India and China are rising powers and you are going back to being a regular super-power.
American cars suck.
International rankings of the US are abysmal https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_rankings_of_the_United_States
Americans invented neither the car not the computer.
In foreign countries, the people don't always speak English or "American" and shouldn't be expected to bow down to you.
You need a second civil war
Anybody on this platform already knows all the problems and how it can be better. Anyone preaching here hoping an American will read it and change are just wasting keystrokes.
We know it's bad. Unfortunately there's not much anyone of us here can do besides bitch and moan, or else we wouldn't be on Reddit Ultra.
That being said, German McDonald's have chicken wings and they're pretty amazing.
We aren't in your timezones, so we're not going to join your Discords.
ITT: As per usual, Lemmy thinks living in conditions and condoning them are the same thing
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