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by worik·10y ago·view on hn ↗
America is the country that sends the most on health for the worst outcomes

America is the country that spends millions/billions/trillions invading desert countries and does not fund public education

America is the country where politicians have to publish in a register the bribes they take so voters know who they really represent (it is not he voters!)

America is the country that would not regulate derivatives and off market trading

America is not unique in any one of these things. But it is unique in being so rich and so dysfunctional. So smart and creative so cruel and failure prone.

And they have more military than the rest of the world combined, and they are quite will to use it for the indiscriminate slaughter of millions. Sending uniformed psychopaths all over the world to kill and maim was quite risky, so now all those smarts are turning to robots! Killing and maiming by remote control. Evil.

My hope? The USA elects a Tea Party slate of candidates and goes isolationist.

They can keep Elon Musk if they put their seven (or is it nine?) carrier groups in port and leave them there.

In a word (or two): Fuck Off.

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> My hope? The USA elects a Tea Party slate of candidates and goes isolationist.

The Tea Party can be motivated to support our continued invasions as long as it fits in their framework or is promoted by their figureheads, just like any other party.

There's too much money to be made in fucking up the world.