"and I get to see the USA from outside the decadent, rose-colored bubble from which it is usually experienced." This. As someone who moved to the USA ten years

"and I get to see the USA from outside the decadent, rose-colored bubble from which it is usually experienced." This. As someone who moved to the USA ten years ago, you do not understand "the bubble" Americans live in until you see it from inside and out. People here live on a stage with absolutely no idea that a global audience is watching them. People also can think and say things in absolute confidence which are considered ludicrous by 99% of the rest of the world. I for a long time could not wrap my head around why so many people actively reject the idea of free health care, but it made me realize how little I appreciated when I had it. ... and it's scary how things just seem to be getting worse here with no real hope for improvement without massive reform. Reform that can only happen if something catastrophically bad happens in the near future. edit: and I don't mean this in a critical way, I mean it objectively as possible.