Thank you for your response. A honest reaction which I appreciate a lot.
The 'little' time I have spent in the US (various cities and areas, from NYC, Baltimore, and Miami to San Francisco) I realised the US is quite a bit different to my own country (the Netherlands), in many ways. I was shocked to see some of the things you mentioned. The number of homeless people in SF, for instance (perhaps even less than today based on what you stated, since this was about 7 years ago). I can't tell the reason for such, but for Dutch people, this is far out of the norm for what we see in our own society/country. Our government will be ready to support the same day when disasters happen you mention, regardless of political colour. Our politicians would be in jail when they use the words commonly used in your country (regardless of political colour). Safety in the streets in my country is much higher than what you describe. We may have a few blocks here and there a woman should not walk alone in the deepest of the night.
It is with that point of view (not sure if that is the correct phrase) that people from my country view the world.
Yeah it’s challenging to view America from outsides like that. It’s such a diverse and complicated place.
For example most of the people do NOT want illegal immigrants. We want people to do it the RIGHT way. Come through the border gates, apply for citizenship and follow the process. The evil people in the media don’t ever talk about that piece because it’s not able to be used as a wedge to divide people. We are a country of immigrants but we have to be LEGAL for it to work properly.
I know we can certainly learn how to do things better such as helping people when they need it but at the same time there’s a lot of issues with people being lazy and addicted to the help instead of getting off it. It’s a double edged sword!
I know that the good parts of this country and our ideologies mentioned above are left out of the politically charged talking points such as this podcast hosts perspective. I can say that if the current regime wins the presidency the country will likely collapse in short order. It is completely unstructured and destructive. Not that trump is an amazing candidate, he’s not, but he at least wants to seemingly help this country rebuild itself and get past the divisive bullshit being pushed 24/7. We are all Americans, and we agree on WAY more than many people realize and it’s crucial that we get back to that mindset.
I do hope all is going to be resolved, and you all come out of all the shizzle more positively. But it needs time.
It would be fantastic if we could run local communities with the help of DAO. No need for politcal parties, presidents, governors, mayors and such. Sure, we need a lot of experimentation with such governance systems still. For a reason I bought a few NFTs, the first out of 10, I need to claim a plot on Satoshi Island. It is a 30-hour trip (one-way) for me, but the most advanced project on planet Earth to turn (in this case) a little island into a DAO-based governance system.
With such a setup, I truly hope (well, it is more than hope) we will be able to live respectfully in communities in which we help and support each other no matter what.
For now I wish you a great Sunday. NJOY.
That sounds awesome, good luck getting to claim your plot! Indeed we have a LOT of capability that we can harness if we can get out of our own way in terms of foolish governance stuff.