As an American, I hate everything about our government. The two party system is trash that encourages petty competition and beating "them" over accomplishing anything.
The people are also pretty ignorant about the government, thinking the president can just wave his wand/scepter/staff and fix the economy in a year. Most people don't seem to realize that Congress has more power, and since Congress isn't a person, they don't think to blame it.
The government is somehow for the people, by the people, and doesn't give a damn about the people. I'm not even going to mention the lobbyists, they don't count as real people in my book. Parasites, yes. Not people.
Aside from the political stupidity, we don't use the utterly sensible metric system, and there's a load of bigots who think other people's private affairs affect them. Plus the whole "Christian Nation" thing is untrue in every way.
Plus, the fact that we cut spending everywhere except the military is just ridiculous. I want to go to space, not the Middle East. Even if we cut military spending for science, it still ends up benefiting the military. Cut 5% off the military, and we go to space. They don't notice the loss, and we go to space. Literally no downside whatsoever.
I prefer not to bash other countries because I don't know many of them well enough to think of stupid things about them. Good things would be easy. For example, the Brits make excellent TV.
The people are also pretty ignorant about the government, thinking the president can just wave his wand/scepter/staff and fix the economy in a year. Most people don't seem to realize that Congress has more power, and since Congress isn't a person, they don't think to blame it.
The government is somehow for the people, by the people, and doesn't give a damn about the people. I'm not even going to mention the lobbyists, they don't count as real people in my book. Parasites, yes. Not people.
Aside from the political stupidity, we don't use the utterly sensible metric system, and there's a load of bigots who think other people's private affairs affect them. Plus the whole "Christian Nation" thing is untrue in every way.
Plus, the fact that we cut spending everywhere except the military is just ridiculous. I want to go to space, not the Middle East. Even if we cut military spending for science, it still ends up benefiting the military. Cut 5% off the military, and we go to space. They don't notice the loss, and we go to space. Literally no downside whatsoever.
I prefer not to bash other countries because I don't know many of them well enough to think of stupid things about them. Good things would be easy. For example, the Brits make excellent TV.
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