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Never.
Thanks for the money skelly

>>54651791
Because we're better than you.

Never.

Stop betting against America, thirdie.

how is US not a developing country though

>no healthcare
>no trains
>homeless everywhere
>fentanyl problems
>no rule of law but a corrupt system of judges and what they feel should be the sentence
>literal day long power outages in cali or texas
sounds like brazil or phillipines to me

>>54652670
>>no healthcare
Private healthcare not no Healthcare.

>>no trains
Just false but the US is bigger than you understand. We have planes and an extensive roadway system.

>>homeless everywhere
More like in major metropolitan areas.

>>fentanyl problems
Niggers are 13% of the population.

>>no rule of law but a corrupt system of judges and what they feel should be the sentence
Appellate court system.

>>literal day long power outages in cali or texas
As opposed to the other 48 states and the majority of the country.

>>54652719
yeah obviously meant healthcare for all you fucking autist

russia is bigger than US and has a lot of trains everywhere. or china

yes, now compare cities like tokyo or singapore or even mexico city

>Appellate court system.
you can call it whatever, still means no fair rule of law but depending on anything

>As opposed to the other 48 states and the majority of the country.
yeah and? Italy or Germany never have power outages in any state or city

>>54651791
what is this fake graph
hong kong stock market fell to year 2000 levels last year and that is not reflected in the picture

with that said Turkey looks interesting despite the very high risks

>>54652741
>Italy and Germany never have power outages

https://www.thelocal.it/20220622/milan-blackouts-blamed-on-air-conditioning-as-heatwave-intensifies

https://berlinspectator.com/amp/2019/11/15/berlin-power-outages-affect-hundreds/

Why do Euro-poors always concern themselves with American affairs and then lie about their own countries? I remember watching some show about a hooker in Spain that trained other hookers. When asked about violent men and serial killers she said “oh, that only happens in America” when obviously there have been dozens of serial killers in Europe that targeted hookers primarily.

Does it make you feel better to think Americans have it worse than you while being inundated with American culture and American politics and American businesses?

>>54652670

Because that's all an utter made up meme. The US runs laps around 99% of the world.

>>54652670
>no trains
Lmao, this is what you consider luxery?

>>54651791
Despite the roving gangs of looters, America still has a stronger commitment to rule of law

>>54652869
wow you found 1 example from 4 years ago, good job proving my point kek

im saying because the graph is stupid, I make comparsions to developed nations

>>54652935
yeah? Trains are super comfy , just go in and out and arrive in the middle of the city you want to be in

>>54652935

We don't have enough horse drawn carts and carriages either :(

don't invest here!

>>54652914
in what? Basically everything that is ever good or popular except the meme crapple products is not from US

cars, food, clothes, shoes, planes or trains, manufacturing technologies, interior design, kitchen equipment, beer or wine or whisky etc

The US is good at one thing and it's to mass market crappy shit, digital or physical

>>54652869
>found one power outages in (((berlin)) that affected HUNDREDS (so one street?)
Im 32 and never had a single power outage on my life, living in rural germany

>>54652670
>no healthcare
We have the best and most extensive private healthcare in the world
>no trains
That’s some 1800s shit. I like owning private property
>homelessness everywhere
Not really. A few cities have a problem
>no rule of law
Appellate system.
>power outages in 2 states out of 50
Literal nothingburger

>>54652670
>>no healthcare
I've got healthcare through my job. Everything is covered. I don't pay 40% of my check in taxes to fund some diabetic nigger and her 6 kids
>>no trains
I'm 5 minutes walking distance from my local train station.
>>homeless everywhere
I don't live in California. This country is massive. The homeless you see in LA are on a mile long road called skid row. They're mostly confined to that area. There are the regular amount of homeless you'd expect to see in the rest of the major cities outside of California.
>>fentanyl problems
Don't live in the middle of nowhere and that's not a problem.
>>no rule of law but a corrupt system of judges and what they feel should be the sentence
Fake and gay. America is the most legalistic country on earth outside of a true dictatorship
>>literal day long power outages in cali or texas
Don't live in California. There are 49 other states. Pretty sure the Texas thing happened once like 4 years ago from a snow storm. My state hasn't had any of those issues. Again. Massive country.
>sounds like brazil or phillipines to me
Sounds like cope. What shit no name country are you from? Seems you have no concept of how large and varied America is. Everything in America is Las Angeles in your mind.
For scale, to drive from one end of the country to the other would take you 52 hours of non stop driving for nearly 3500 miles.
For comparison:
Lisbon Portugal to Moscow Russia: 2900 miles
New Delhi India to Ho Chi Minh Vietnam: 3200 miles
We are not the same. Lower your tone, thirdie

>>54653141

>in what?

have a read, dumbfag:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S%26P_500_companies

>>54652741
>yeah obviously meant healthcare for all you fucking autist
Who is ass? Tyrone? Raul? Pajeet? Fuck off. We have healthcare through employers.

thanks for shilling, I am now going to buy the top and get your bags, HAHAHAHA

FUCK YOU, SHILL

CMЪPT ЗA AMEPИКA

>>54651791
>average IQ is room temperature
>all your infrastructure was built by another country
>civil war once every 30 years
>everyone has HIV, malaria, dysentery, hepatitis, or some combination of all three
>your "cures" for these things all involve drinking blood
>the second anyone grows anything even remotely resembling a functional brain they immediately move to the first world
>half of your grandparents are cousins

Yeah I guess we'll never know why the third world can't get it's breakout moment.

>>54653141
Every modern convenience is an American invention. Imagine being on a personal computer powered by microchips designed in America running software designed in America over the Internet, an American military creation, on an American website claiming America never made anything. America also makes the best wine. California is a shit state but their wine mogs French wine in blind taste tests. Bourbon is a superior whiskey. Our local craft beers are miles better than the shit Europeans drink. But let me guess, you think Budweiser is the only American beer. Eat shit retard.

>>54653141
>subjective
This is pure cope. The United States pioneered or massively contributed to basically every major technological breakthrough since the late 1800s. To this day we still lead R&D in essentially every sector

>>54652670
We have the best healthcare in the world. We have our own doctors we chose. You get to see whatever pajeet is on duty.

>>54651791
>been sharting the bed since the war begun
>keep winning
??

>>54653370
I love the eurocuck cope about muh healthcare. Like these niggers wouldn't have any fucking medicine if not for American rnd. We foot the bill and then these mooch niggers come through and demand it be free. I welcome the day America ignores the rest of the world like they keep asking us to.

>>54653397
Deficient spending 8 trillion dollars in under 3 years tends to have consequences. Of that, only about half of the spending is even remotely justified. 200 billion in mainly arms to the shithole that is Ukraine has virtually zero impact when considering everything else

>>54653121
>wait to be picked up by the whim of someone else to be merely dropped off adjacent to a single destination
>have to walk the rest of the way
>have to wait again to go to another destination
You are a subhuman. You are filth. A free man owns and operates his means of transportation and does so as he pleases. Get off my internet europoor vermin.

>>54653443
200 billion is a small price to pay to reveal that Russia was a paper tiger. Also indirectly got China to question a hot war with Taiwan which indirectly supports continued chip manufacturing out of tsmc.

>>54653413
Healthcare aside, europoors wouldn’t even have secure trade routes without the United States Navy enforcing safe and free trade globally. Shitholes like India may be okay, but europoors would be utterly devastated without American generosity

>>54651791
America will eventually do away with the need for aircraft carriers when the grand scale plan to just float everything on lard finally comes to fruition.

Trust, I ran the nazi numbers on pumping out the Mediterranean. Its totally legit.

>>54653482
I say we grant their wish. No more free rides. Enjoy watching your crude oil delivery out of Saudi Arabia get snatched by state funded pirates.

>>54653521
And even if they build more pipelines, it’s obviously they can’t defend them with nordstream getting blown up by an unknown party. Without oil, modern farming collapses as well and then the big problems start

>>54653259
>Everything in America is Las Angeles in your mind.
You have to remember the average turd worlder thinks "Beverley Hills 90210" was basically a documentary. Their consumption of American media is very high and they take everything as literal. They're incredibly susceptible to advertising and propaganda because they are perpetual children.
They think everyone in America is from either California or New York and that any blonde woman who talks to you for more than 10 minutes will fuck you. They think their first apartment will be minimum 20,000 square feet with two bedrooms and a view of the Empire State building, like you see in "Friends." They think their first car is going to be a convertible Corvette. Every American woman is Pamela Anderson, and every American man is either Homer Simpson or Arnold Schwarzenegger.

So on the other end of the spectrum, because they are so influenced by media, they think that every high school has a shooting every day. They see some report on homelessness in the US. They never consider that a homeless person living on the streets in Southern California probably has a higher standard of living than they do living in some lead-painted building in throwing distance of a Soviet-era arsenic plant. I could go on but you get the picture.

>>54652741
>healthcare for all
subhumans can report to the emergency room and get treated regardless of ability to pay. they already get too much from us

>>54653469
>wait for a nice comfy ride you can sleep or read on
>take a free rental bike from your local city government

but ok, waiting and switching I can agree on

>>54653272
so... literally proving my point? Nothing good except big industiral production things that benefits from the scale of US and pointless cheap supermarkets like Walmart or disgusting pizza like Dominos

>>54652670
based

You made the Amerimongrels seethe hard

>>54653259
yeah what if you don't have a job?

>I don't live in California.

or chicago or new york or houston etc, any big city basically

>>>fentanyl problems
its a problem in any city

>Fake and gay. America is the most legalistic country on earth outside of a true dictatorship
Why is it that 2 people get vastly different sentences then? SOunds like corruption to me

>Don't live in California. There are 49 other states. Pretty sure the Texas thing happened once like 4 years ago from a snow storm. My state hasn't had any of those issues. Again. Massive country.
or florida. or new york

>Sounds like cope. What shit no name country are you from

A european country where things work and we have no 13%ers. As I mentioned, everything for a normal person is better in Europe. I don't care that you have some weird factory creating nanofibre wheels for some machine

I care about nice things in life

>>54653929
>He thinks this isn't an option in America
I can ride the train anywhere in my city and then bike the rest of the way on one of many ebikes throughout. Difference is I can also just get in my car and drive there in half the time. My car that basically drives itself on the interstate.

>>54653946

Yeah, that covers all 500 of those companies! Point proven anon!!

>>54653278
for your friend who work at some poor half time pay job

for your siblings and family>>54653345
again proving my point. thank you

always this about "muh convenience". 0 talk about quality or good things or actually spending effort on stuff

I don't care for some crapple phone with 8 cameras and 200 gigapixels for only fans streaming. Americans are really great in creating a need where there isn't one for some reason. What do we need all those 10000s apps for in the apple store?

>>54653946
>Benefit from the scale
There are other countries with a population and size to compare and yet we still dominate. What glorious cope.
What country are you from?

>>54653961
What country are you from?

>>54654059
>What country are you from?

>>54653370
I don't disagree it was before, but as of know, or lets say back to 1985 or so

Only consumer shit crap no one wants. Not even americans like their own goods, they always buy european or japanese if you can afford it

>>54653972
>yeah what if you don't have a job?
Go to the ER and they'll treat you for free. They'll send you a bill. Just don't pay it. Medical debt is easily ignored.
>>I don't live in California.
>or chicago or new york or houston etc, any big city basically
I don't live in any of those cities and they're all at least 800 miles away from me. Like 3 European nations in size.
>>>>fentanyl problems
>its a problem in any city
Not in mine. Cry about it.
>>Fake and gay. America is the most legalistic country on earth outside of a true dictatorship
>Why is it that 2 people get vastly different sentences then? SOunds like corruption to me
Have you ever considered the prior convictions of the two people and the district within which the conviction was made having different laws? Don't you have a BLM cock to suck?
>>Don't live in California. There are 49 other states. Pretty sure the Texas thing happened once like 4 years ago from a snow storm. My state hasn't had any of those issues. Again. Massive country.
>or florida. or new york
Don't live there either. Cope harder.
>>Sounds like cope. What shit no name country are you from
>A european country where things work and we have no 13%ers. As I mentioned, everything for a normal person is better in Europe. I don't care that you have some weird factory creating nanofibre wheels for some machine
>I care about nice things in life
Name the country so we can compare.

>>54653929
why do all my friends in californa take ubers or have a car then? or why is there no subway except in 2 or 3 cities?

>>54654000
What country are you from?

>>54654078
What country are you from? Surely it's not some backwater shit hole which is why you'll never say.

>>54653961
people in favelas in rio live better than that

>>54654130
Several cities have train lines. California is a shit state and we all know it.

>>54654116
>Have you ever considered the prior convictions of the two people and the district within which the conviction was made having different laws? Don't you have a BLM cock to suck?


That's what I said, so the law is not treating everyone the same. Point proven again :)

OK, so you can have some special good cirumcstances, not debating that. But we talked about COUNTRIES and if they are developed or not. US is clearly not

America wins and continues to win because the institutions we have in place reward innovation, entrepreneurship, creation, etc

Whether it’s the banking system, access to talent pools, digital and physical infrastructure, private property ownership aka incentives, lack of corruption, etc america runs circles around the world. And before Reddit-tier brains slam their fist about any of the above statements literally spend a month abroad in any eurocuck , Latin, or asian country and gain some perspective. It’s the perfect mix to create economic value and remains to have the best outlook of any country in that sense going forward


NOT saying the country is perfect and NOT saying being able to create shareholder value is the best measure of quality of life created. I’m sure being in France or Greece and having a family owned business for generations , dancing, drinking the night away is GOAT compared to the U.S. working hellscape at times. But alas, that is your answer

>>54654164
>so the law is not treating everyone the same
I see you're ESL so let me explain it to you more clearly.

>Tyrone and Chad get pulled over for running a red light
>At the traffic stop the officer finds that both men have marijuana on their person
>Chad has no prior arrests and lives in a state where weed has been decriminalized
>Chad gets a traffic ticket with a fine of $300
>Tyrone lives in a state where weed is still illegal
>Tyrone has a previous felony conviction for which he is currently out on probation
>Tyrone is sent back to prison for violating his probation now with the added charge of drug possession
>You see this and look at the single conviction and assume there was an injustice here
Be a little less retarded perhaps.

>>54654164
>OK, so you can have some special good cirumcstances, not debating that. But we talked about COUNTRIES and if they are developed or not. US is clearly not
The circumstances you're mentioning are the minority here. You post the same talking points and Webms that only apply to a few city blocks in a country that's 3.5 million square miles. The easy answer is don't live in Las Angeles, San Francisco, or NYC, or Chicago. And even then, those three cities have places so pristine it would make you seethe. Having gone to San Francisco, the homeless problem is fucking disgusting. But there are spots with zero homeless. Good luck affording to live there though.

>>54654226
imagine being proud of observing people not from muttland have english as second language. wow

>Be a little less retarded perhaps.
Probation is one thing, since thats the literal definition of "you need to behave"

But let's take a more nuanced example

1 person has 1 kid, 1 person not

then i've seen random judges say "oh you have a kid yeah you are guilty but really not".

That is very weird. Either the law is the same if I hit you, or it's not. 3rd party dependencies should not be a thing

>>54654292
my main point is there is of course empty nigger free places in both europe and US

But if you are a normal person with a normal life, like most are, US looks like a developing country. I mean the rich in Guatemala or Nigeria has very comfortable lives too

>>54654329
What the fuck are you even talking about? Show me the court case. Let me guess. You made it up?
Also you're not special for speaking multiple languages. Especially if your first language is something nobody outside of your tiny country uses. Learning English was a necessity for you. Again 3.5 million square miles of country where just about everyone speaks English. If I cross over to Canada. English again. Mexico? You guessed it, they all know English in any town worth visiting. Why would Americans waste time learning a new language when all of the cucks of the world suck the anglo cock?
But just for fun.
日本語話せます。クソサードワールド猿
我也说中国语
Y un poquito español
You're not special.

>>54654429
you seem quite aggressive?

You also made it up so whats your point lol?

>>54654345
>Empty
3.5 million square miles. Let it stink in. Outside of Russia, you can exit any European country by driving for about 300 miles in one direction. There are amazing towns and cities in this country that aren't the meme cities that you hear about. And keep it that way. Fuck off we're full.

>>54654444
My example is an explanation of how disparate charges can be given for "the same crime". Your example tries to counter my explanation with "Nuh uh I heard a case that went this way and I don't have any examples".

>>54654444
You got btfo just close the thread chud

>>54652670
These are the exact reasons that American stocks continue to rise like no other; literally every company is geared toward endless profit growth at the expense of its workers.

>>54654164
The point of the law is not "to treat everyone the same." Take note how the childlike brain of the turd worlder operates; it's like he learned about the legal system from watching Sesame Street.

>>54654530
I don't argue about that. The optimal is to live in east asia or eastern europe then invest in US companies

So i get richer, but enjoy other bread than sugary filled white crap

>>54654644
ever heard the concept "equal to the law"?

kek

Frankly foreign equities are just a hedge I think since you usually trade a few percent of gains for a weird black swan event. I only do like 70/30 split though for that reason because I cant think of many scenarios where American stocks do poorly and the rest do well

>>54654661
The correct phrasing is "equal _under_ the law." You should probably consider going to bed soon. You'll need to get up early if you want to get your family's weekly rice rations, provided at the generosity and benevolence of your superiors.

>>54652670

Actual best healthcare in the world. MD Anderson is literally the best cancer hospital in the entire world which is why millions of rich people come here to get treated. Trains are being built where they make sense but America is such a large country so it doesn't need it though I agree investment into this would be good. Homeless are only issued in major lib cities where they can get drugs. Europe has them too. Fentanyl is a disgusting issue but yes this is a problem. America defined rule of law, heard of something called the constitution. Judicial corruption is actually quite low. No power outages in Texas, that was just a one time thing when the blizzard hit the entire state. Hasn't happened since.

>>54654661
Yes, somebody with the same arrest record commiting the same crime in the same district under the same circumstances in America gets the same conviction. Prove me wrong.

>>54655086
He's far too busy grinding crickets into a paste to make bread with to answer a question this complicated.

>>54651791
When America becomes as full of niggers as emerging markets.

>>54654754
who cares? we are debating not studying for a english class

>>54655240
It matters if you're so concerned with the American legal system and can't even handle basic grammar. No wonder you can't comprehend that people that break the same law get different punishments because of a difference in their criminal history.

>>54652741
>Germany never have power outages
watch out, your nuclear plants are gone hans.

>>54654110
Most popular smartphone in America: iPhone with 51% market dominance
Most popular clothing brand: Nike
Most popular desktop brand: Dell
Most popular vehicle by sales: Chevy Silverado

Nobody in the United States wants European shit. Japan and South Korea somewhat, but the most popular brands in the United States are all American companies like Apple, Dell, Nike, and General Motors

>>54655880
Nike clothes is bigger tier quality...

>>54656158
And yet they have 30% of the global market share and growing. It's normie slop for sure but so is every sportswear company. Puma and Adidas are no different.

>>54656194
Yeah that's what I'm saying

Americans are good at mass production not quality

>>54651791
BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE BEST ARMY
EVEN IF THEIR COUNTRY IS A SHITHOLE
PERIOD

>>54656158
First thing you’ve said that I agree with. Under armour is the best of the sports wear brands and even they’ve slipped in quality over the years. Their shirts used to last a decade of wear. Now it’s more like 3-4 years if you actually exercise in them

>>54656212
You're on the internet using a computer with a microprocessor almost certainly made in America using an operating system almost certainly made in America. All of it powered by satellite technology pioneered by America. All fueled by international trade protected by the American navy. We do things with such high quality in every aspect of your life with such a low profile that you don't even realize you should thank us every day.

>>54651791
US just cant stop winning

>>54655240
I don't "debate" the turd world. I give you instruction, you either understand or don't. The few who do may one day be blessed to live in my country one day. (Preferably outside my neighborhood but close enough to mow my lawn for $8/hour. Yes, a king's wage where you hail from, I know.)

>>54656505
yeah and? Still doesn't mean most consumer goods from america, or industrial for that matter, is good

I agree that hardware and electronics stand out, but it's produced in asia anyhow. Basically any other things is better when made in Europe

anything from quality clothing to cars to furniture is better quality, has better design and history when from Europe

>>54658545
>Stand out
Nigger we are the industry in just about everything on this planet.

>>54651791
Why isn't China included in this chart?

>>54652869
German here.
Last time I can remember having a power outage was 1999 for about one hour. Not a single one since then.

>>54659444
Chinese stocks are sold through Hong Kong.

>>54659760
Why do European feel the need to lie about easily verifiable shit?
https://crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2023/03/germany-power-outages-reported-in-colognes-mulheim-district-late-march-2
Power outages due to disaster or accident aren't the same as a third world nation not being able to power the entire nation at once.

>21 pbtid

>>54659760
Get ready then because your dumbass government is insistent on using meme energy exclusively

Americans are where they are now because they took thousands of years of European invention
( because that's where they are from) to a pristine land filled with natural resources and in a geographical position far from enemies. They haven't had that many wars on their land resetting everyone to zero. It's only logical that they have succeeded.


I love big v8s, guns and the founding fathers/ the idea of your country but something about the 'American' really pisses me off. Plus there's violent niggers and Jews shoved in your face constantly.

>>54652741
Trains are for broke ass niggers. Are you a broke ass nigger ?

>>54651791
they keep winning because they are fucking thieves, if only I could do the same with my HAMI bags I wouldn't complain, but since I don't I have every right to do so

imagine going through 3y high school, 4-6y college, 2-4y grad school, and STILL not having a car. Their comp sci grads earn as much as some Stacy accountant in the US. And you're stuck as an eternal rentoid.

But at least you get worshipped by reddit fags and after you look at some images of US ghettos/crack towns you can cope with "w-wow t-this is what m-mutts live like? Glad I am in 17k/yearistan"

AYO CATCH THIS L (38% VAT not included) LMAOOOOOOOO

>>54662445
Kek saved

>>54654530
>These are the exact reasons that American stocks continue to rise like no other; literally every company is geared toward endless profit growth at the expense of its workers.
lol
Then why do other countries pay so shit?

>>54651791

Hong Kong did better 2003-2016

>>54653826

>They never consider that a homeless person living on the streets in Southern California probably has a higher standard of living than they do living in some lead-painted building in throwing distance of a Soviet-era arsenic plant. I could go on but you get the picture.

Is this self-parody unironic? Are you so influenced by media you think everyone outside the US is poorer than US homeless? Your central point was that the rest of the world perceives the US in stereotypes but you do the exact same thing!

>>54662514
Because his reason was cope. American companies pay really well and have excellent benefits. My company covers my medical, dental, life insurance, for me and my wife on top of 200k salary, a bonus, 6% 401k matching, and 25% annual stock bonus. Europeans like to cope about muh free healthcare while paying 40% of their salary on objectively worse care.

>>54662630
He might actually be right. Homelessness in California isn't regular homeless. The issue of California is that the state is entirely unaffordable. People can work a full time job but the cost of living is too high for housing. So they say fuck it and live in a tent. The guy living in a tent might unironicly make more than the average eurocuck.
This is not counting the drug addicts and mentally ill that make up most of the homeless in other more affordable states.

>be american
>get shot
>at least my stocks went up USA USA USA

>>54654444
you're just fucking stupid

>>54663377

I can walk around in my own house without treading on needles or being harassed by insane drug addicts, I control the temperature, I have a PC, a VR headset, don't have to worry about shit being stolen, I can refrigerate my food (do they have like minifridges or dumpsterdive?). I'm not rich in the grand scheme of things, that's why I'm on this board.

Living in a house is good. Most Euros have a house and higher standard of living than US homeless - this isn't a controversial statement. Even if one of these weirdo tech workers lives in a van and earns $200 K a year, my standard of living is still higher since I live in a proper house and don't have to worry about getting robbed when I walk down the street. I could even argue that Americans in San Francisco earning 100-200K have lower standard of living than Euros on 50K in less-crime-ridden places (by European standards, so positively pacific by American standards). No human shit on the streets for one thing! Less awful, fat, picky women. Most public schools aren't akin to prison/torture centres.

>>54651791
>How do they keep winning?
>When will emerging markets finally have their chance to shin
the markets are manipulated and they are not even hiding it

>>54652670
Evidently none of those things are as important as you make them out to be.

>>54652670
You forgot the most important: no heckin' walkable cities

>>54652670
>how is US not a developing country though
Because the majority of the world's wealth is in the United States. It's also in Saudi Arabia etc. but a massive percentage is in the United States. However just because a few people are rich doesn't mean all of us are or benefit from it. We're just the serfs.
>>no trains
We actually have an extensive train system but it's mostly for shipping goods. It's called "freight versus passenger" rail systems. I thought all your schools were free and shit - how the fuck do you not know about this difference? I'm assuming you mean "passenger" rail systems, which we have in large metropolitan areas. You people always forget how big the United States is geographically. The United States actually has some of the longest freight lines in the world third only to China and Russia. Russia's train system is amazing primarily because it carries freight AND passengers. Instead of using trains, the United States built the longest highway system in the entire world. One tenth of all roads on Earth are in the United States.

So we have a massive freight system and the largest highway system on Earth instead of passenger trains. That being said, most metropolitan areas like New York City have a robust passenger subway or train system. So "no trains" is a pretty fucking stupid thing to write.
>>homeless everywhere
Most nations of the world struggle with homelessness.
>https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/homelessness-by-country
>>fentanyl problems
The fentanyl crisis is being fueled by China. China knows we're going to war soon as the only two superpowers left so they're shipping as much fentanyl as they can over here to fuck us up... just like the British and French did to China in the 19th century.
>https://www.britannica.com/topic/Opium-Wars
Fentanyl is a Communist weapon China is wielding against the United States. It's working because the United States has a retarded drug and incarceration policy.
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>>54652670
>>54664049
>>no rule of law but a corrupt system of judges
Bitch wtf are you even saying. Are you even aware of the types of legal systems present in the United States?
>The American legal system is adversarial and is based on the premise that a real, live dispute involving parties with a genuine interest in its outcome will allow for the most vigorous legal debate of the issues, and that courts should not have the power to issue decisions unless they are in response to a genuine controversy.
>https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/lawschool/pre-law/intro-to-american-legal-system.page
"Corrupt judges" don't just "make" the law dumbass. Lol jesus. "No rule of law" my ass. Compared to who?
>>literal day long power outages in cali or texas
We have a balance of power in the United States between local states and the federal government. We have that balance of power so that there is a balance of power between them. All this is laid out in the Constitution. Well just like children sometimes states make mistakes and run their shit poorly. That's on the local citizens of that state to correct through their political action. If they don't correct it... that's on them.

Texas and California fucked up. Their fault; their problem.

>>54664005
Fuck walkable cities are great, why do I live in this sprawl.

>>54651791
never
USA! USA! USA!

>>54654784
>>54652719
>>54653248
>>54653259
So I'd like to address trains and what you guys floated. No, america is not too big for trains. China is about the same size and has high speed rail nation wide. The biggest critiques of high speed rail estimate it would only cost $2-3trillion to build a nation wide network (which I would gladly pay for and cut useless shit like social security, medicare, etc). Your local station is probably amtrak, which is fine I took Chicago to Seattle and it was chill, but 42hrs is brutal, it should be 14hrs, if that. Im a big fan of rail because its cheaper than airplanes, better (I hate flying so much), and you can actually spur business by building high speed rail. Imagine a rail company renting some time on the tracks for a high speed freight train. Also we should nationalize the railways. It would spur innovation in an industry that is dead in the water. The duopoly of first class rail carriers gives them no reason to invest in better lines and they stick to big, long and slow trains. This is only good for commodities like grains, oils, etc that aren't in a rush. I trust a private gov company (like usps) more than those fat cats to build a good rail network. Again, I'm talking just the rail network, not the trains. Companies rent rail access from the gov (maybe regional ones could work too).

>>54664313
>China is about the same size and has high speed rail nation wide.
China has 4x the population and way higher population density since practically everyone is in the eastern 1/3rd. Population density is critical for any public transportation mode. Their lines in the less populated west are definitely money losers and might not be able to EVER pay off their loans.
>high speed freight train.
Economically it makes more sense at that point to do air freight. No one does high speed rail freight.
>Also we should nationalize the railways.
Oh, I'm so sorry I didn't realize you were mentally retarded this whole time. How terribly rude of me.

>>54664574
>4X
Sure but again the west does fine with their lines. We can assume they are losing money or not all we want, but in the end it works and you could have similar more profitable lines here. We have short regional planes that can be replaced with rail if it was fast enough, not amtrak speeds
>air freight
Yeah, if you subsidize it like we do. Plus its more economical and faster than trucking at those speeds so you cut into the shipping that can afford to go alittle slower than air and ones who are trucked along major routes
>retarded
Rail is like roads. Its dumb they aren't owned by some public entity like in other nations. I'd maybe care less if the big 4 rail companies werent ran by retards who dont know how to run a company and are fine just sitting back running slow ass big trains and limited business not investing back in the rail or letting others use it. Further, some rail routes go through mountain passes, meaning its impossible for another company to enter the market there, even if they had the money. I dont like the idea of a gov entity owning and keeping up the railways, but the state of the railroads in America are not working. Its time to shake them up and allow for innovation by opening up access to smaller companies. Competition is key and important to any industry. If I wanted to start a rail company right now, i wouldnt be able to get access and would have to build my own rail lines (impossible). Now if I could rent some railline under some gov company then I could buy an engine and be on my way.

>>54651791
Nobody else gets a chance to shine, OP. This is the peak of human civilization and its all downhill from here the very moment that America's play at World Hegemon is over.

>>54651791
past is past
trend is trend
a nigger is a nigger

>>54664313
>China is about the same size and has high speed rail nation wide
Yeah, and it's a financial clusterfuck.