Thanks for writing that. > all I can feel sometimes is that I’ve bet on the wrong horse This is a very American experience, where there is no safety net for b

Thanks for writing that. > all I can feel sometimes is that I’ve bet on the wrong horse This is a very American experience, where there is no safety net for being wrong if you run out of money on the bet, but we do have convenient bankruptcy laws when you run out of other people's money on top of that. > The whole point of moving to the developed world is to not have to deal with developing world problems The only unique thing about America is having the resources to do better, it just doesn't. so I am pretty thrilled that people are being forced to reconcile the difference between Hollywood propaganda and real life. Most other major economic unions were forced to become more inclusive and empathic, by invasion and reeducation. The US has never been forced to reconcile any part of its culture, it is populated by people with incompatible extremes of ideologies wherever they came from, and it promotes those extremes for temporary unilateral control of US resources. Your writing was very insightful, I hope this helps you patch your understanding of what America is and gives you a more objective way to use it as a tool.