I just heard an interesting thought.
"If you want to feel more positive about the general state of the USA on a global scale, what you need to do is watch 90 Day Fiance. You watch that show and you'll realize the USA gotta be doing SOMETHING right. Cause people all around this world. Folks all around the world are lining up, throwing it all away, just for a chance to make it somewhere in the Midwest. They don't even care where specifically. They'll do anything, up to and including marrying the biggest idiot in the state of Ohio, gladly."
"They'll interview this loser named Jason, 35 year old dodge ball coach, and he says ever since his mom kicked him out he's been looking for Ms. Right, like the kind of woman who knows how to load the dishwasher and keep her mouth shut during Buckeyes games... I don't like your chances Jason. You don't seem like much of a catch to me."
"Then they'll cut to this beautiful girl in Estonia or somewhere and she'll be like Jason is man of my dreams. I often fantasize about being with him and eating hamburger helper off of paper plate... In the Shangri La known as Dayton Ohio."
"Then she gets over here and Jason takes her to an Olive Garden in a Dayton strip mall, and her eyes are huge. All this spaghetti for one person? Yeah babe, that's how we roll here in the US."
I dunno... It makes ME feel better about the USA. Makes me feel worse too, but it also makes me feel better."