1) There are other nuclear-armed countries that are a lot less stable than the US and Russia. 4) Unemployment means something different here. In the United St

1) There are other nuclear-armed countries that are a lot less stable than the US and Russia. 4) Unemployment means something different here. In the United States, unemployment can very easily turn into living on the street with low chance of getting back into a home. Look at the number of elderly people whose retirement plan has evolved into living in a van on BLM land. It's not pretty.