Many--maybe most--people here think America needs some radical changes--the problem is agreeing what those changes will be! That's the biggest reason why Trump was elected, and if Sanders gets any traction at all, that'll be why with him, too. But as always, what they say during the campaign often doesn't equal what happens afterward.
I read a novel set in Malta, and that's the extent of what I know about the place. Time to do more nonfiction reading!