Bread and CircusesLife expectancy for US citizens is dropping fast, and is now lower than that of Cuba, Lebanon, or Czechia.
Gun murders, car wrecks, high infant mortality, people dying without health insurance or with inadequate and overly costly insurance -- all these factors are *much* worse in the US than in any other "advanced" nation.
We're the richest country in the world, yet we can't keep our citizens alive. On the other hand, insurance companies are making HUGE profits, and that's great for the economy, right? 🙄
System IV, Building K@breadandcircuses My friend, we used to make fun of South American regimes, juntas, coups… violence. Reagan making deals with Iran to ensure his election (see: October Surprise) and years later the demon Oliver North and Iran-Contra did not register. The theft of Gore’s election in 2000 seems a matter of course now.
Elon Musk stick@goodthinking @breadandcircuses USA is a failed state