A warning to the techno-faithful:
An American's perspective on the US. Kind of explains why, from an Australian perspective, the US doesn't work very well.
Australia is Constitutionally a Commonwealth, which is a form of republic with a focus on the Public Good. Antithetical to the mindset of the US.
#auspol #uspol
https://www.quora.com/What-do-people-get-wrong-about-America/answer/Andrew-T-Post
Andrew T. Post's answer: Why it was founded, and the principles it’s built upon. If they stopped getting that wrong, they’d stop getting something else wrong, too—why the US is not, and refuses to become, more like Europe or Canada. (That one’s the biggie.) Let’s begin with a quick definition,...