Anonymous
Post 06/18/2025 13:34     Subject: Re:Name 2 things about the USA you don’t like
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:1. Education system
2. Inflation


You don’t like being one of the best performing economies in the world on inflation?


Probably wants to go back to the gold standard.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2025 13:34     Subject: Name 2 things about the USA you don’t like
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Mistrust of or irrelevance of scientific and technical expertise by/to the average American. Anti-intellectualism celebrated "trust my gut" "common sense"

All else stems from this


This. The pride that people take in their ignorance is disgusting. I don't get down on people for being uneducated-- education = privilege, after all-- but I have pure contempt for people who brag about it.


+1
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2025 13:31     Subject: Name 2 things about the USA you don’t like
lack of sensible gun regulation
ridiculous cost of higher ed
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2025 13:30     Subject: Name 2 things about the USA you don’t like
Anonymous wrote:1 - gun culture

2 - our insular nature. We are so convinced we have the answers that we don't look elsewhere for answers or help on issues like infrastructure, transportation, health care, etc.


I agree with this, well said. And an md, I hate the healthcare system, but number 2 encapsulates that as well as other issues very nicely. Fifteen years ago, I would have put gun culture as #2 instead of #1, but now it’s on top.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2025 13:27     Subject: Re:Name 2 things about the USA you don’t like
1. Rampant economic inequality
2. Religious culture
3. Gun culture
4. Republicans
5. Unmatched corporate greed

I can't just name two, sorry.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2025 13:27     Subject: Name 2 things about the USA you don’t like
1. Corrupted public school industry
2. Pharma mafia

Anonymous
Post 06/18/2025 13:25     Subject: Name 2 things about the USA you don’t like
Anonymous wrote:Mistrust of or irrelevance of scientific and technical expertise by/to the average American. Anti-intellectualism celebrated "trust my gut" "common sense"

All else stems from this


This. The pride that people take in their ignorance is disgusting. I don't get down on people for being uneducated-- education = privilege, after all-- but I have pure contempt for people who brag about it.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2025 13:18     Subject: Name 2 things about the USA you don’t like
White supremacy
Patriarchy
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2025 13:16     Subject: Name 2 things about the USA you don’t like
1. Arrogance
2. Ignorance
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2025 13:13     Subject: Name 2 things about the USA you don’t like
Entitlement.

Everything else feeds up through it. Gun culture, lack of education (do my own research folks), thinking you know better than others.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2025 13:12     Subject: Name 2 things about the USA you don’t like
1. MAGA
2. MAGA
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2025 13:12     Subject: Name 2 things about the USA you don’t like
1. The 31 percent of mAga idiots that think a dictatorship gives them more freedoms.

2. The 31 percent of Americans that are dumb enough to have joined the cult of stupidity not knowing what it means to be an American
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2025 13:11     Subject: Re:Name 2 things about the USA you don’t like
Anonymous wrote:1. Education system
2. Inflation


You don’t like being one of the best performing economies in the world on inflation?
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2025 13:11     Subject: Name 2 things about the USA you don’t like
Tough to pick just two.

Gun culture, “me” culture, religion in politics, for profit everything
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2025 13:10     Subject: Name 2 things about the USA you don’t like
Reality TV
Hate for the elderly