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Originally Posted by PoorMansCamaro
because it is the greatest country in the world...imo. 
is it perfect? absolutely not. no country is. Still think it's the greatest in the world though.
edit: i mean, he says we aren't the greatest country anymore. please tell me what is the greatest? maybe he should have said we aren't as great as we once were, but I still think we are the greatest. |
The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world. At year-end 2009, it was 743 adults incarcerated per 100,000 population.
Land of the free? Something like 25% of the worlds population of prisoners?
The us has so many problems. It is very far from a even a 'decent' country imho.
That's not to say the country has amazing potential. Once the populace realizes how hard they are getting raped by the banks and the wealthy, maybe democracy will enact a change. Hopefully before the military prison industrial complex is finished taking all of your rights away.
1 easy way to fix, Legalize and create a hemp based industry. Jobs for the unemployed of every type, manufacturing, bio fuel creation to lessen the impact on corn crops, etc etc. Grows almost everywhere, cleans soil... But its an EVIL PLANT RAWRRRRR. Hopefully we can lose those idiots that have been brainwashed into thinking this.