alt Hacker Newswow, you're way off the mark - I am sitting in a soviet building enjoying life for less than the minimum wage at times just because I can and I am very well aware of large parts of the US since I am friends with at least one person from every state.
but to get to the actual point: US is big, like very big and dominated by the strongest propaganda machine in the world: https://youtu.be/BY9uuxC_YAQ
I don't really understand the relevance of what you've said except that you think I'm off the mark.
You really don't think the US has had a steep decline over the last 2 decades in quality of life for most people? I'm not talking about people with six figure tech jobs in big cities.