> Every year they are poorer as a country, society and culture. Please lay off the news and look at stats. Facts trump narratives. Narratives exist to get clic

> Every year they are poorer as a country, society and culture. Please lay off the news and look at stats. Facts trump narratives. Narratives exist to get clicks. Facts exist regardless of what people think. That there are people in the US doing things you consider a waste of time does not mean "US on the way down". Go to this chart and click on Max time frame to get an idea of what's been happening with all the "faffing about" Americans have been doing: https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp Compare to the Eurozone, China, India, and Africa to get a relative idea. USA, China, and India have been going up like rockets.