Been seeing a lot about how the government passes shitty laws, lot of mass shootings and expensive asf health care. I come from a developing nation and we were always told how America is great and whatnot. Are all states is America bad ?

  • scarabic@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    37
    arrow-down
    4
    ·
    1 year ago

    America is 50 different countries in one. There are really two whine different Americas. Several of the states are world class nations unto themselves. It’s the 3rd most populous nation in the world and the richest. It invites a lot of immigration to fend off declining birth rates and doesn’t have a cultural taboo about it like Japan.

    It lacks a lot of modern supports for its very lowest classes. New immigrants cannot expect to get baseline healthcare, food assistance, or housing. And it has a generous helping of religious nuttery which brings about scattered laws against gays, a generalized attack on women (though nothing like a lot of the developing nations are still stuck in).

    That’s the long and short of it. If you want to go into business and have a relatively free hand, it’s still one of the best places to be. If you have nothing and are looking for a compassionate nation that will keep you from dying of poverty, keep looking.

      • scarabic@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        1 year ago

        Yes I wish people would think of it as the size of the EU, as varied, and with as many problems, instead of thinking we’re all Texas.

    • 30mag@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      1 year ago

      There are really two whine different Americas.

      I think autocorrect did something there…

    • Set_secret@sopuli.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      you forgot about the batshit crazy gun (lack of) regulations. and the highest gun deaths on the planet. but apart from that seems pretty accurate.