Man there is so much word salad that it almost makes no sense to reply but i'll partially bite. Yes I don't know anything about you but i'll guess to say that you are at least Gen X based on your rambling. Millennials and definitely Gen-Z don't typically have time for that and im only biting because im on vacation.

>And you would have made sure those things would be the least of anyone's concerns as the japanese enslave half of america and the nazis genocide the crap out of all those people you listed. And if it so happens that none of that happens, if you got your way none of those things would happen because america would be too poor and miserable. Or perhaps you don't realize that the civil rights changes of the 60s were a result of post world war prosperity and peace (yes, despite vietnam). Do you think americans in the great depression would even tolerate the civil rights discussion? Do you think they'd share jobs with minorities and women or allow cheaper immigrants from other countries as they are starving?

>Or so you think current civil rights can't be taken away? Do you undersrand that the civil part implies civilization? Hungry desparate people, cooking their own children for food out of despair (almost always happens in desperate prolonged famine) do not care about civilization.

I'll concede that if we are in a civilization collapse scenario (which is not what China vs US is) than regular order will break down. But that is something that climate change protesters understand and are constantly criticized for so if you really are thinking that we are moving towards that situation then you should start blocking traffic on highways or find other ways to raise awareness of that issue.

Otherwise I dont see us entering that scenario because the elite in all of these countries would have too much to lose if that were to happen so it wont get to that. (But thats how I see things)

>Hating your country until you see change is not how democracy works.

>Perhaps you should learn from immigrants who come to america seeking a better life despite their financial situation and like them find your way to a better life if you think there is one to be found.

That anger is what drives people to keep going in the face of constant rejection so I completely disagree. We saw it in all the violent anti-government movements during the civil rights era, we see it building up again now with the right wing moving more extreme because they dont want to keep losing what little they have left, and the left wing realizing that the struggles of lower class america is the same class struggle that people in developing countries are trying to rectify.

>Your problem is that of perspective. It's usually people who volunteered for a long time in poor countries or military service members who similarly been to those countries that seem to have the perspective I tried to share. A homeless, jobless person in the hood in america has a better quality of life and opportunities than an educated doctor in sub-saharan africa. Forget that, pick a single poor country randomly and and try finding a place where a poor uneducated black gay woman can be treated as a human being to begin with right along find jobs (good ones), be able to actually buy goods with money, be safe and be treated with a semblance of fairness in the work place. That rules out most of asia and easern europe. Maybe south africa (if considered poor),maybe some south american countries but that rules out the jobs and opportunities being good (perhaps brazil? But even then their black people are having an even harder time than american counterparts).

Dont get me wrong, the military's ability to break down a human and build them back up into an obedient disciplined machine is bar none. Like I mentioned above a lot of the people railing against the US order these days have had the benefit of accessing and seeing some glimpse of what others are going through in third world countries thanks to the internet and the explosion of easily accessible information. With that has come the realization that the struggle in the US is the same as the struggle elsewhere and that it is very often the fault of the people running the US that those other countries are a complete mess. Just ask Iran, or Pakistan or the rest of the southern hemisphere.

>I have many comments about all the things that need changing in america far beyond what you listed. But every single one is because I think this amazing country is worth working on and improving not because I don't like america. And funnily, people have the opposite response to me thinking perhaps I should find another home. Perhaps it is our perspective that is different not what we believe needs changing.

Again you are clearly showing your privilege because you are not in a position to be in a day to day struggle in this country and can have the benefit of sitting back and "loving" this country while being "hopeful of positive change". You don't actually care to improve things because you yourself dont need anything more. The only thing that concerns you is to lose what you already have. As such, you implicitly serve as a hinderance to everyone else trying to enact meaningful change. You are the modern day version of the southerners who stated that President Johnson should "not go too fast" in adopting civil rights legislation "because look how good the people have it with separate but equal". Or todays Democrats who will happily appoint a black person to high office and call it groundbreaking progress but when it comes to actually changing fundamental operations of the US via legislation or otherwise well thats "too radical". Different era: same people.