this nation isn't the country I thought it was growing up

[reymega life]

like were supposed to be having well you know a nation whee civics is the number one duty and responsibility and no food shortages im afraid were a THIRD WORLD NATION now.

[bullimiami]

1. the country is but many of the people have been revealed to be a dissapointment. a deficit of decency.

[Ferryboat]

2. People of a certain age remember growing up in a country where government did work....

For the most part.

[KPN]

3. The executive branch still works and pretty much

always has, albeit not to all people’s liking always. What doesn’t work is two branches of government because they have been radicalized and no longer work in the spirit our Constitution intended. Government works, but not radicalized government.

So, I hear you, but to me, that’s an important distinction.

[Elessar Zappa]

4. Important to note that the government worked well for white, straight, men.

POC, women, and lgbtq+, not so much.

[Arazi]

5. Came here to say that

If I had to guess, the OP is a straight white guy

[Ferryboat]

7. You are right, anyone growing up in the 60's was well aware of racism.

But we are talking about government working towards the common welfare of all. When both political parties worked together on major issues.

Anyone growing up post Regan really might not remember the optimistic outlook of the Eisenhower and Kennedy era's.

Crime was much more violent than today. Passions much more inflamed on both sides. But laws and progress was made because both political parties weren't a collective of clowns.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

13. Again

But we are talking about government working towards the common welfare of all. When both political parties worked together on major issues.

Name when any of that was occurring.

Anyone growing up post Regan really might not remember the optimistic outlook of the Eisenhower and Kennedy era's.

Outlooks aren't policies. Even worse, if the outlook was optimistic for WASP right wing men who were heterosexual, it was so pessimistic for anyone else that the proper term for their outlook would be 'grim.' Because it was.

progress was made because both political parties weren't a collective of clowns.

No, it happened because Democrats had such overwhelming control of Congress during most of the years postwar to raygun the traitor.

Welcome to reality.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

12. Add not-christians to that list

nt

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

11. When was that?

I'm really curious to hear when this supposed idyll existed.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. It never has been.

[Srkdqltr]

8. It has always been this way. Just now there is so much media.

A lot is in the open that never was. Then there is Trump.

[Scrivener7]

9. Food shortages?

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

10. Funny, it's still the same country

I've always known it was: Racist, money-grubbing and violent. I knew it could be better, but it was a long way from being even a fraction of what it patted itself on the back for being.

It's quite fascinating to see how many people actually bought the BS myth about it.

[betsuni]

14. How is the U.S. a third world nation?