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I think you underestimate how insular the US is, because of its size, location, and historical strength.

Without trying to sound rude, I don't imagine most Americans care at all what the rest of the world thinks of the country.



Which may go a long way to explain why Americans live such a lower quality of life compared to people in countries with much lower per capita incomes.

The insularity and the constant rah rah telling Americans that they live in the greatest country in the world is why they think it’s completely normal for massive numbers of Americans to live homeless and die in huge number of deaths of despair relative to their economic peers.




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