From an external viewpoint in the UK looking at America. It does seem like a country of extremes. Some areas look unpoliced and anarchic. There seems like much injustice. I guess it just looks like a country that is more comfortable with extremes in wealth and the poor dieing or suffering due to lack of health care. Guns are everywhere and crime is high. However for those with money who keep to the right areas its a very good life. I'm sure how it appears isn't quite the full truth but its not a country I would like to be poor in. Middle class or rich yes but certainly not poor especially in some areas.
When you look around the world there doesn't appear to be any perfect system. The USA looks pretty good on teh scale of things compared to Africa or the middle east. I think its better to be poor in most of Europe, Canada and Australasia. I personally think the capitalist system combined with democracy is as good as it gets currently. That's not saying it can't be massively improved.
