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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
One question to be asked, "is the US STILL the greatest country?" It was at least in the top ten after WWW2. But today, when you look at comparative lists of countries, you find that we are # 1 in gun violence and deaths.......that's not too wonderful. We are about 30th in the factor called ......upward mobility - the UK is about 10th. And we are #1 in wealth disparity. Please check the other factors on the country comparisons list. You might not go away thinking "greatest country". I really WISH that it was!
..........think about how factors like extreme wealth disparity intensify the propensity for some marginal male youth to see GUNS and violence as an easy and thrilling way to improve their life. They might join forces in a gang or they could go crazy and individually just kill adults and children as punishment for THEIR dead-end lives.
.........Many young males (in every country, not just the US) feel like they are swimming upstream in an environment that HATES them and one where they can NEVER succeed. In the US they have the greatest access to semi-auto weapons of war than any other country so we have the greatest amount of mass murders.
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Another question to be asked, "Is the US moving toward BEING a 3rd world country". There are signs that the US is moving that way. One sign is the extreme wealth disparity similar to a country like Honduras. The wealth disparity sucks the relative wealth from the US middle-class when situations like middle-class protection factors such as labor unions are eliminated and Congress passes tax legislation by wealthy people to benefit WEALTHY people.
..........Canada is SO worried about changes in the US that they have done studies to protect Canadians from problems caused by their Southern Neighbor. They would NOT have been that worried 10 years ago.
.......If the US changes toward being more of a 3rd world country, there would be MORE frustrated young males contemplating Mass Murder, not LESS !