Thanks for sharing. As an outsider (but frequent visitor with with close connections) I never felt the US deserved the moniker "land of the free" - it very muc

Thanks for sharing. As an outsider (but frequent visitor with with close connections) I never felt the US deserved the moniker "land of the free" - it very much seems to be a place where any supposed freedom you might have to a live a peaceful and safe existence is so compromised by social attitudes and economic realities as to be effectively meaningless for a huge percentage of the population. If Trump had actually succeeded in retaining power after the last election I wouldn't have been shocked, and it's not hard to believe things will continue to slide in that direction. I think it's still capable of digging itself out of the current hole, but it's hard to see the US being any sort of beacon of hope and light for the rest of the world anytime soon.