[BradZax]

Originally Posted by Wayward [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Serious question: Do you live in the same reality as the rest of us? I get your point about all the other countries: but America is one of the most expensive countries to live in the world right now (in the modern sense with the modern drippings like house, food, transportation), and it lacks things like universal healthcare, childcare, easy access to higher education etc.

It's the land of the vapid, self-serving masses, where you can go to thrive if you:
a) want to be a soul-sucking, leech on society and peddle your "influence" in the form of YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, etc channels
b) are an executive at one of the massive companies that have pushed most small businesses out of existence, and want to continue to pay your workers a tiny bit, while you exploit tax loopholes to pay yourself in millions of dollars of stock options per year, while you claim a salary of $180k.

And otherwise are told: "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps" while you watch your grocery bill double in a year's time, your utilities bills skyrocket, your gas prices nearly double in a few months, while you watch non-stop cable "news" channels to figure out who to hate.

You haven't even lived through a draft or recession.