I live here and sort of feel like loving or hating a country is absurd (as countries are cultural constructs full of arbitrary elements) but I do feel very fortunate to have been born in one with this standard of living (although be it with a ridiculous level of disparity). The problem is we fall into this trap of "real america" which for some is the religious conservatism from of the pilgrims, the idealism of the founding fathers or the rugged freedom of the wild west. All of them ideas we romanticize forgetting their dark sides (pilgrims were crazy conservative, George Washington was a dope head land owner who tried to milk the government for money, and living in the wild west just fucking sucked). As a country our population is way to enamored with style and ignore substance.
Check the link below. (note to Admins: it's not really porn please don't ban me!)
