Setting aside emotional opinions or insults, do you get butthurt of how people abroad and anons perceive the United States, given that their views are based entirely on statistics and facts? Doesn't matter if you are rich, poor, nazi or gay-trans, you are all getting fucked by your third world United States of Poor.
>children are subjected to circumcision, a procedure performed without their consent, a form of bodily mutilation and sexual harm, Americans never even knowing what working penis would feel like
>world's highest incarceration rate (nearly 2 million people in prison)
>electoral system vulnerable to gerrymandering, voter suppression, and unequal representation (e.g., Senate)
>citizens United decision enabling unlimited corporate political spending
>ranked "flawed democracy" by The Economist Democracy Index (2023)
>low voter turnout compared to other developed democracies
>widespread political polarization and legislative gridlock
>exceptionally high gun homicide rate among developed nations (over 40,000 gun deaths/year)
>mass shootings occur frequently (school, workplace, public venues)
>police kill more civilians per capita than most peer nations (Mapping Police Violence)
>militarized police forces and qualified immunity shield officers from accountability
>high rates of domestic violence and sexual assault (RAINN: 1 in 5 women raped)
>most expensive healthcare system in the world,with worse outcomes than peers
>30+ million Americans uninsured (KFF, 2023)
>life expectancy lower than most OECD countries,and declining
>maternal mortality rate highest among developed nations (especially for Black women)
>opioid epidemic: 80,000+ overdose deaths/year (CDC)
>medical bankruptcy is common,even for insured patients
>highest income inequality among G7 nations (Gini coefficient: 0.49)
>homelessness crisis: 650,000+ people homeless on any given night (HUD 2023)
>student loan debt exceeds $1.7 trillion,crushing young adults
>no federal paid parental leave (only 1 of 8 OECD countries without it)
>minimum wage not raised since 2009,not tied to inflation
>racial wealth gap: Median white household wealth = 6x Black household wealth
>USDA allows food additives (e.g., Red 40, brominated vegetable oil) banned in EU
>high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) ubiquitous in processed foods
>factory farming: routine antibiotic overuse, inhumane conditions
>tap water contaminated in places (Flint, Jackson, agricultural runoff, PFAS "forever chemicals")
>air and water pollution disproportionately affects low-income and minority communities
>weak chemical regulation: TSCA lags behind EU's REACH
>public school funding tied to local property taxes → massive inequality
>teacher pay lower than other college-educated professions
>college tuition costs rose 169% since 1980 (adjusted for inflation)
>PISA scores average or below average in math vs OECD peers
>book bans and curriculum restrictions increasing in many states
>conducted 393+ military interventions since 1776 (Congressional Research Service)
>drone strikes killed thousands of civilians (Bureau of Investigative Journalism)
>over 750 overseas military bases in 80+ countries
>used nuclear weapons in war (Hiroshima, Nagasaki,only country to do so)
>supports authoritarian regimes for strategic interests (e.g., Saudi Arabia, Egypt)
>vetoed UN resolutions condemning Israel (blocking accountability)
>NSA mass surveillance exposed by Snowden (warrantless data collection)
>CIA black sites and "enhanced interrogation" (torture) post-9/11
>FBI surveillance of activists (COINTELPRO legacy, BLM, Muslim communities)
>private prisons incentivize incarceration
>cash bail system criminalizes poverty
>felony disenfranchisement: 4.6 million Americans can't vote due to criminal record
>widespread science denialism (climate change, vaccines, evolution)
>media consolidation: 90% of U.S. media owned by 6 corporations
>social media algorithms amplify outrage, misinformation, and extremism
>hollywood and media export cultural stereotypes and militarism globally
>IQ scores average,not lowest,but functional literacy and numeracy lag behind peers (PIAAC)
>roads, bridges, water systems ranked "C-" by ASCE (2021)
>public transit underfunded outside major cities
>car dependency forces low-income people into debt for vehicles
>housing costs outpace wages in most major cities
>"predatory inclusion": minorities targeted with high-risk loans (2008 crisis legacy)
>systemic racism embedded in housing (redlining), policing, employment, education
>gender pay gap: women earn 82¢ per $1 men earn (worse for women of color)
>LGBTQ+ rights under active legal threat in many states (bathroom bans, healthcare bans)
>anti-intellectualism and conspiracy theories widespread (QAnon, election denialism)
>"American exceptionalism" often used to dismiss global criticism or standards