I tried to get out. It's very expensive to move a family to europe. Our idiots are loud, but the rest of us are terrified.

Most Americans are fully aware of this. I don’t know why so many non-Americans think we’re all unaware of the problems we have. It’s the minority (aka the MAGAts) that are deluding themselves about our “freedom.” They’ve done everything they could to rig the system against the majority. Why do you think our country is so divided? If you really want to educate ignorant Americans, go to a right-wing site where they congregate. You’re preaching to the choir, here.

We don't all think this. We've just given our government so much power and refuse to give up our "distractions" so it just keeps getting worse

The healthcare and university are not free. They are subsidized. It’s not free. The healthcare system in the US is a cluster fûck and there can be incredibly high costs and university tuitions are insane a lot of places. But please everyone for the love of god just because you don’t pay out of pocket for many healthcare services and you don’t pay tuition many places does not mean it’s free. It’s paid for by the people one way or another. I am in no way defending the way much of healthcare and university tuition is handled in the US, but nothing is ever free. Thank you.

actually it wasn’t such a hard sell. Because all of those benefits would equally go to people of color, and they are literally willing to set this country on fire to prevent that. Never underestimate racism as a motivating factor for these people. It’s bred into their bones, fed to them with their mother’s milk.

The concept 'Americans are free' was developed by a bunch of misogynistic clowns, who abandoned their wives and children to go live as a 'mountain man', free of any responsibility to anyone else.

Exactly! I live in the midwest and it's a peaceful, beautiful, quiet existance.

Right? I have major culture shock when I visit certain states, lol

Brexit really fixed things, didn't it?

Where would you raise your children, look at the news! We are pulling 2 year olds floating down the rio grande alone! All just to have a better life in the USA

Still need better choices to vote for... that is also part of the problem.

Or they run for pres :)

And that's if they do choose to vote.

Seen that in the USA people can choose onky ozt of two, and the vote is not direct but twice recalculated, this won't change much. In all West-European countries are several parties one can vote for, and every vote is direct. However, changing the US voting system won't be for the benefit of any of the two, so they won't support it.

second part in very very small print

Because many of our universities are highly rated. That doesn’t negate all of our other problems. Many of the ones that stay, do so because they didn’t find better options elsewhere. The majority of people who fight to move here are coming from the countries that are worse off than we are. No one is saying we are the worst at everything. But we’re not where we should be considering our “wealth” (which is actually in the hands of a small percentage of us). Our status as a world leader has more to do with our military and, again, the wealth of corporations. Our entertainment industry is also the best at reaching a global audience, which influences how a lot of non-Americans see us. The main reason so many Central and South Americans chose to come here here is geographical proximity. Yes, we have things to offer, but we aren’t even close to being the best at most things. The only way to change that is to first recognize the problems. Burying your head in the sand won’t help anyone.

On America

Yea, go take a closer look at where these people who are "pouring in" come from. Is America maybe closer and easier to reach than, say, European or Asian countries?

Yes...can't you hear that chant? USA USA USA. It's the religious conservatives who are ruining this country. They worship freedom on one hand all the while working to curtail the actual freedom we are supposed to have.