How The USA Became A Third World Nation

And why it won’t matter in the end

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How can anyone describe the USA as a third world nation? Surely the USA, as presented by Hollywood at least, is a place where slender attractive people run around having amazing adventures with the latest technological gadgets? As (still, barely) the world’s largest economy, surely the USA leads the world?

It’s fortunate for the peace of mind of nearly every US citizen that facts are something the USA is good at avoiding. In reality, the USA leads the world in nothing, although to be fair it was for a while the world’s most obese nation. But even this glory has passed now that countries like Nauru and Kuwait and Mexico have managed to become even more flabby than the average US couch potato.

When it comes to actual facts, the picture for the USA is consistently bleak. Let’s take something basic like infrastructure; it is abysmal even in the wealthiest States. Driving through San Francisco from the Golden Gate Bridge to 280 is similar to driving on some of the “roads” one finds in places like Ethiopia and Chad. Electricity generation and distribution is on par with nations like Mongolia and Nigeria where brownouts and outages are equally common as in the USA.

As for education, that’s embarrassing. Even in wealthy States like California the…