In-built cruelty

It's the American way

I was raised to believe that America was the best of the best. What an obvious lie that turned out to be. Once I deprogrammed the flaws became crystal clear. It only took three decades to get out of the disinformation.

Population: 300 million+. Life expectancy: 76 years. GDP: $27 trillion. Human inequality: astronomical. Incomes stagnate while inflation runs rampant.

American history is the history of humans. That means cruelty without bounds. The country was born in cruelty and the echoes of that cruelty are still bouncing off every aspect of our lives. Chattel slavery is legally prohibited now, but economic slavery certainly isn’t.

Systemic racism still has deep roots in the USA. The wealthy have the advantage, as it has been since the inception of this nation-state.

Income and wealth inequality in the United States is substantially higher than in al…