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The level of nonsensical nationalist propaganda in the US is maybe only second to North Korea's.

A while ago I watched a live stream of CSPAN (I think?) where the House failed to form a government for several consecutive days. The way the entire process started with a prayer, and the many references to religion throughout, is just as disturbing as the personality cult around Stalin. That whole gang is fucked in the head.

The gun rights y'all have?

Now, most people would tell you that Gun Control Works and that you should just do that and get less dead kids per month which is a generally good thing.

....... But here's another thing to consider. As long as you're allowed to purchase weapons for cheap and easy.

You do realise you can in fact do something about the assholes in your government and your oligarchies with those guns, right? That they can be used for more than just killing children?

Luigi Mangione seemed to get it.

Where to begin...

But I'll touch on something no one else has here.

Shopping carts. It's mindblowing to me that the country that sent men to the moon still hasn't figured out that its easier for everyone if they turn on all 4 wheels rather than the 2 front ones.

That way you can slide your cart sideways to make room for other shoppers. And turning it takes no effort.

And even... even if it is some weird cost cutting thing. Why not make them turn on the rear wheels? That would still make it easier than in the front. Since you steer the cart from the rear.

Get your shit together. Put gun controll aside, put your dumb ass two party politics aside and focus on what matters. Your godawful shopping carts.

The USA is neither the best country nor the worst country. It's just one of the countries.

Despite his severe back problems, Luigi mangione is the only one of you who has a backbone.

Ok another thing people haven't really touched on is government restrictions on dangerous shit generally. I'm not just talking about guns, but also cars. When I was in the states I saw so many car accidents and bits of car on the road. That doesn't need to happen. It turns out that if you have proper driving tests and mandatory classes, people don't crash as much. Same with guns though. Owning a gun is fine if you learn how to properly use and store it.

Donald Trump is the new US President, and you're responsible.

Gun control works

You have a massive obesity problem that is killing you and it is not normal.

The U.S. is an oligarchy.

USA could be, but isn't the greatest country in the world.

The level of uneducation in the US is a threat to the entire species. Most of Ylyour people are uneducated, fat and dangerous. After the last election, I have lost hope in the US as a collectivity, you deserve your unfair system because you chose it. You elected a convict rapist, fellon, racist, fat billionaire who doesn't pay taxes and tried to steal the election, your deserve to be treated the way you will be, you made a choice.

Gun control works.

And OK maybe it doesn't solve the problem 100%, but it solves it 99%, and that's a lot of schoolkids that aren't dead any more. Look at any first world country for working examples; I'm in the UK, and yes we still have some gun violence, but it's a whole load less than it would have otherwise been.

And it's incredibly short sighted to reject any solution that doesn't solve a problem 100%. Partial solutions are good.

Yes, you really need to rewrite that constitution of yours and declaring something "unconstitutional" doesn't win you an argument, it makes you look like a brainwashed idiot. Just saying.

US was founded on Capitalism and is a basket case of rampant Greedy Capitalism, Slavery, War Profiteering and Bullying. It has always been the case and has never stopped. Ever since the British tried stopping George Washington from usurping American Indians' land. The lofty ideals were mere veneer.

The only thing that has changed is that there are many more players in the field and US' shortcomings as a modern society is getting apparent.

You need gun control. Your country isn’t that great. Youre loud and can come across as false.

Does “a foreign language” count?

Your (as in Americans) Imperial system of Units & measurements is a big joke & you are a British colony & you have bad cars

That Europeans have running water

This post:

America is not the World.

Kinda disappointed in this thread, was hoping to find things that Americans on Lemmy aren’t ready to hear. Everything here seems like the usual complains that most Americans on Lemmy and even Reddit already aware of.

They’re wrong.

The root of their problems is not political or politicians it's greedy capitalism. Arguably it's also the root of their morally ambiguous success.

Americans invented neither the car not the computer.

In foreign countries, the people don't always speak English or "American" and shouldn't be expected to bow down to you.

ITT Europeans tell us shit we already know about changes most of us want because they don't understand gerrymandering and the electoral college

You need a second civil war

You should do this for other countries too. America isn't the only country with an idealised view of what other people think of them.

Mom says I get to post the "shit on the US" thread tomorrow!

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