It's really simple actually.
The average American, well around 80% or so I think, is undereducated and/or are just plain fucking stupid & fall for that line of shit that they have been beaten over the head with ever since their 1st breath, and that is we, the USA, are exceptional/enlightened/#1 and the rest of the World is composed of shit holes/Socialists/Communists & fools that just don't get it, that we are superior to anyone else on this Planet.
I was born here so yea, I'm officially an American so I'll use that word, although it makes me queasy.
I was fortunate enough to spend a lot of time in Ireland and visited some EU countries & I listened to what they thought about the US & Americans & mostly, nah, fuck mostly, more like all, even the Irish which is a huge shock because they loved the USA, had big problems with the States.
They are like what the fuck are you doing (I know how that emotion feels), you arrogant bastards.
Yup, we are not well liked around the Globe
Really?
Fuck yea, really.
I almost got my ass beat in a bar in Germany when this bunch I was drinking with found out I was American (last time that happened, I was pure Irish from then on
)
I even got fucked with in Dublin (I couldn't fool them
) & had to convince them that I also hated Reagan & it took awile for them to be convinced.
So what is to be done?
Well, I'd start with education.
The system we have in place now DOES NOT FUCKING WORK for the majority.
It's so fucking obvious it's ridiculous
Our test scores internationally suck, like really suck (just like our Healthcare)
There is too much inequity in the system, I've seen it 1st hand & my wife is a teacher and she describes the challenges she faces everyday, from getting copier paper to paperclips, but that's simply because she teaches at a school in a low income area & because of that, a weak tax base, they get jack shit.
For example, in my wife's school in Bridgeport, CT they give her room 10 computers for 30 students, they take turns.
In the next town, 15 miles away in Wilton, a wealthy area with a strong tax base each child gets their own laptop.
Do you see a problem here?
Coupled with the cost of higher education, so high that hardly anyone can afford it without going into debt for the rest of their lives, this country is fucked.
We are a nation, believe it or not, that whether it be Education or Medical or Race relations or Climate or now COVID-19/Delta (soon Lambda?) that is in deep trouble.
Like really deep trouble.
I've been political ever since JFK was shot in 1963 and Sister Teresa came into the room and told the class Kennedy was dead.
I used to watch him on TV with my father & I liked him.
Anyway I'm not going to recite every horrible thing I've witnessed happen here, there's just too fucking many, but I'll tell you what, I've never seen things so fucked up in my life.
I wish I could solely blame Trump, but I'd be kidding myself.
Trump is just a mirror of who the fuck we really are, and that sucks, bigtime