So this strikes me as complete shit. The GULAG system is nothing like the United States justice system. The United States political system is not incapable of

So this strikes me as complete shit. The GULAG system is nothing like the United States justice system. The United States political system is not incapable of reform. Reform is hard, but not impossible. In fact, that's the whole point of our system of government -- it facilitates reform. That's why the Supreme Court exists. That's why we have elections. Look at the evolution of rights for black people, or gay people, or women's rights. Look at how we started a stupid war, championed by one party, and then how that party got booted out of power once the public realized the casus beli was totally invalid. The United States clearly is not a utopia. We have problems, quite alot of them. But to say that we're pretty much the USSR is completely ridiculous. And the latter half of the essay -- am I being trolled? Is this actually serious?