That's not the American model–it's the American myth. You're leaving out the parts where Americans are enslaved to their corporate jobs through employer-provid

That's not the American model–it's the American myth. You're leaving out the parts where Americans are enslaved to their corporate jobs through employer-provided healthcare, lack of unions, and a weak safety net. Combine that with regulatory capture by corporations, extreme concentration of wealth, and legalized bribery of legislators, and now you've got the American model.