I’m back in the states for holidays but this time it was such a shock to realize everything looks so old, like from the airport to the convenience stores, malls, gas stations, etc. Why does everything look like it hasn’t changed from the 90s? And I was out just for a couple of months but things look newer and shinier in Panama and El Salvador compared to here. I cannot even imagine what some of you coming back from east Asia must feel. Did our country peak in the 90s and other countries are going through their renaissance? I love the convenience of the US where everything is open 24 hrs and you can get things delivered to your door basically overnight if you pay the price but I feel like we’re stuck with very old and boring infrastructure, makes me feel almost the same way I felt when I went to eastern Europe
I love the convenience of the US where everything is open 24 hrs
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It’s because our Constitution is so old and government doesn’t serve the people anymore.
The simple answer is that the US is in decline.
It’s a slow decline, barely perceptible, but historians centuries from now will point to the country’s crumbling infrastructure, lawlessness, and profound social division at this time as emblematic of its inevitable downward spiral.
Not really what you were getting at, but actually yes the US did peak in the 90s. It was the height of our global power and influence before 9/11 and the forever wars. We had high quality of life, and a political climate that was far less polarized.
That’s not surprising considering the US government seems to care more about funding proxy wars than taking care of it’s own people. Imagine what the over $150 billion that has been spent trying to make Ukraine “win” could have done for US infrastructure? But nah, they wanna send another $60 billion to help Ukraine “win” instead, despite the prior $150 billion not having come even close to that, and it won’t by they way, but believe whatever you want. It was funny hearing Jenet Yellen saying the US can fund both the Israeli and Ukraine wars at the same time, and take care of the US. Hahaha, yeah, sure ma’am.