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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
Agreed that the US was ONCE a model for freedom and liberty for other countries to follow. That was about pre-1970. Today the world LAUGHS at us as we teeter on the brink of losing our precious freedoms. We are low on the world list for "quality of life". We have the HIGHEST wealth disparity of any western country. We have a recent tax cut that was NOT needed and further hurts the wealth disparity. We are fighting about little things like mask-wearing, when we need a united front against a dangerous Plague. Nobody, but me, mentions Global Warming because we created so many other problems for OURSELVES. Racism as a problem should have been fixed 50 years ago. WE had some elements of the GREATEST country back pre-1970 (at least whites did) but we evolved from that point rather sideways - not making substantial progress forward from there. So, here we are - some like yourself feel that the US is wonderful. I feel like we had our chance and BLEW it! And the future is NOT so bright that we have to wear shades - we have to wear HazMat suits!!!!!
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You nailed it about our country not being a model for anything. We are mocked and ridiculed through the world. We have become a laughingstock, sadly. Our future is bleak right now.