I’m really worried about the state of the US despite being a white male who was I’ll coast right through it. I’ll also accept “I don’t” and “very poorly” as answers

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    10 months ago

    Is it getting worse? How do we measure the goodness or badness?

    One measure of economic indicators suggests we are relatively stable.

    I’m sure there are a variety of measures that are up and down.

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      10 months ago

      I would argue that most measures are generally trending upward, and have been for a long while. The big difference is that now people spend their lives looking at negative ragebait articles.

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      10 months ago

      It’s large emotional. Many people long for the “good old days”™, fail to appreciate what’s here now and fear the uncertain future.