-An entire national economy structured by and for the benefit of oligarchs.
-An entire work force turned into glorified hourly wage slave 'gig' workers and casuals.
-Almost NO pensions available to the work force anymore. Social security and Medicare under constant threat by one of two national political parties.
-Slim benefits at most work places, including increasingly severe 'health plans' that require many thousands of dollars out of pocket before plans cover anything at all.
-NO universal healthcare.
-Meager social safety net benefits, recipients of which are ostracized endlessly.
-Constant propaganda push about the myth of 'freedom' and 'rugged indivualism', which are nothing more than euphemisms pushed by the oligarchs that essentially mean, "I am free to exploit you and you are free to drop dead".
-One of two national parties captured by anti-science, anti-democracy, anti-public health interests that gravely exacerbated a global pandemic.
-A society that allows its citizens to fall to the point of massive homelessness and despair, in front of our very eyes. Remember, any American outside the top .5% can, in the wake of one personal disaster, find themselves perilously close to homelessness.
America's failure to reign in unfettered oligarchic takeover has created a country in which the fabulously wealthy have it ALL, and all the rest of us can drop dead. That is why Americans not only live less long, but with decreased happiness and lower quality of life than other western industrialized countries.