There are plenty of open societies that are working just fine right now. It's American society that isn't working. We as a society are incredibly hostile to t

There are plenty of open societies that are working just fine right now. It's American society that isn't working. We as a society are incredibly hostile to the non-wealthy individual American, and not in a "you should feel guilty for being white and christian" kind of way like the right claims. We have a massive number of laws governing individual behavior, a justice system that incarcerates more people than any other country in the world in total or per capita, and is almost entirely focused on being punitive rather than reformative despite plenty of evidence the latter works better and costs less. Meanwhile, we let the leadership of corporations murder people, engage in widespread environmental pollution, etc and rarely to never face criminal punishment - usually just a financial slap on the wrist. We heap benefits and freebies onto corporations with almost nothing required back in results or documentation, and give little to nothing to our poorest while requiring them to go through more paperwork and rules and conditions for pittances in aide. We refuse to treat medical care, shelter, water, and food as a human right - ditto for a livable wage for work performed (despite being one of the most productive-per-worker countries in the world) has been an unmitigated disaster. Very predictably, more and more of Americans are slipping into poverty. But phew, good thing corporations have the right to a "voice" in politics (because apparently the leadership of the corporation doesn't...) Most of the ills can be directly traced to the grossly oversized influence rural midwestern Americans have politically. They're highly religious, uneducated, bigoted, selfish, vindictive, gullible, and arrogant (they are the 'real' America, they are 'hard working' and 'earn their keep'...despite being a net negative in federal revenue vs spending, hilariously enough. The quiet part: "unlike those people in the cities").