I know what we're talking about and I will say (again) that using the words "failed state" for USA is objectively a bad, ignorant take based on numerous nationw

I know what we're talking about and I will say (again) that using the words "failed state" for USA is objectively a bad, ignorant take based on numerous nationwide metrics and the standard of living of the rest of the world. How said person feels and their personal situation doesn't really change that. You can find people in every single nation who strongly believe their nation failed them. And even when that's true, that doesn't make a nation overall a "failed state". Again, do words even have meaning anymore? Just because someone feels like America is a "failed state" doesn't make it so. And finally, "failed state" is using the past tense. I can acknowledge that something is on stilts without claiming that it already fell down.