I feel using the GDP as a metric to assess how a country is doing, is unreasonable.
If you look at wealth distribution, housing, cost of living, future prospects for young people, actual policies, you get a better picture.
The picture the USA is showing looks like a horror show to me.
Carl Sagan was right and the Right understood him well. Buying up radio stations, media to mold the larger public into a state where you basically have inoculated them against any form of nuance or reason gains you the power to overthrow democracy.
If you look at wealth distribution, housing, cost of living, future prospects for young people, actual policies, you get a better picture.
The picture the USA is showing looks like a horror show to me.
Carl Sagan was right and the Right understood him well. Buying up radio stations, media to mold the larger public into a state where you basically have inoculated them against any form of nuance or reason gains you the power to overthrow democracy.