Honestly, I think the United States is weak as country right now, because we have political parties and certain large media groups that worked hard to divide people and pit them against each other and those of "lesser" means as a diversion from the real forces that are leading to flat wages and an increase in jobs that don't pay a living wage. In addition, I have friends and families who don't really have a clue about real issues and spend very little time trying to inform themselves, preferring to be spoon fed whatever echo chamber they are listening to or watching. If we don't actually start defining and agreeing on problems, instead of just name calling, we as a country are sunk. Jobs are only going to get scarcer with automation. Business are getting more and more powerful and controlling, or even supplanting government. A major change is needed and yet both of our major political parties seem content to just move to more opposite extremes. None of this bodes well for the future of the US.

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