> but to be honest to me that sounds rather dystopian. It sounds that way because it's a dystopian description written in crayon. It's not real. The US has lo

> but to be honest to me that sounds rather dystopian. It sounds that way because it's a dystopian description written in crayon. It's not real. The US has loads of charity happening; it gives the most in aid; it makes the most businesses (which increase the size of the pie, and are win-win, and not zero sum mentality - other than the people who complain about billionaires); it has by far the most resident migrants of any country[0]; it's just really silly to characterise the US like this. The biggest line item in the 2024 federal budget[1] is healthcare, at $1.53tn. Second is social security, at $1.45tn. Overseas it spends a fortune too. Just recently it's spending $61bn more[2], making its own citizens poorer, on Ukraine defence and humanitarian aid. [0] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/01/iom-global-migration-report-international-migrants-2020/ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/01/iom-global-migration-... [1] https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58946 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58946 [2] https://www.chathamhouse.org/2024/04/us-aid-package-ukraine-will-help-better-strategy-urgently-needed https://www.chathamhouse.org/2024/04/us-aid-package-ukraine-...