Thanks for taking the time but i have multiple issues with your reply.
1) Russia.
You've replied with the political differences between Russia and the US yet the "dirty fingers" comment was related to business.
Google operation Ajax.
This is how the US behaves and has done for over half a century now.
The only flaw with operation Ajax was that Kermit Roosevelt was so heavily connected to the cia that, if caught, America would have been exposed....so they decided to follow the same plan but with businessmen as then the individual is implicated, not the nation.
UK built an empire using gunboat diplomacy, old school.
US has built it's empire under the guise of business, new school.
Point is, dirty fingers aren't specific to any nation.
2) Prison
Your prisons are privatised with factories inside, built for profit.
LE have arrest quotas to hit...minimum occupation levels for your prisons, contractually obliged to meet these levels.
You claim that prison is avoidable for those seeking a "good life"
There are many people serving time in your prisons for cannabis related crime.
Is cannabis use and possession incompatible with wanting a "good life?"
3) Public Health.
You asked me how to define this measure and so this....
My measure for a decent public health service is one where affordable healthcare is available to all, whatever the issue, and is free at point of service to the user. Wealth and health are unrelated.
Then I'd look at recovery rates and success rates post operation etc
4) Education.
You claim that my opinion is laughable.
A close relative of mine lives in the US.
He scores in the top 2% NATIONALLY over there, he wasn't even in the top 2% in his class of 30 pupils over here.
He is now in one of your expensive universities because they can afford it.
So you claim a decent education is affordable by all? I don't have the time to research that just now so i ask you this
Google the education league tables, why is it that the USA aren't top of any of them?
You're expensive universities fair well but overall, considering you're "no 1" why do you fair so badly?
As for your assumption that, according to my logic, suburban America must be unhappy as it doesn't own planes or bombs....a flawed assumption.
I will reword it for you as it may be down to misinterpretation
Bombs and planes might be a source of pride for some
For clarity, if the USA ever won the world cup, suburban America wouldn't own the trophy but could have a sense of pride in the achievement.
Interesting that you made a sporting analogy in an earlier post when referencing your believed global status.
People should never support a political party, an army or a nation in the way they do their sports team.
All sports fans cry foul for (perceived) penalties against our team yet, when our team commits the same offence we interpret that offence differently.... we're biased.
Harmless in sport and makes for bar room banter.
Fucking lethal in the other arenas i mentioned.
As for where someone is born, who gives a shit.
Not referring to ttystick here but in general, a non American has every right to have an opinion on the USA as an American citizen.
That opinion is of equal validity until facts prove otherwise.