The Third Worldization of the United States
A few years back, I wrote an article premised on the idea that, despite the stated goals of the United Nations or what have you, the First World is becoming more like the Third World. Some poorer countries may (or may not) be moving up in the game of world economics, but that doesn't mean that richer ones are simultaneously maintaining their own status. The goal, according to organizations like the UN, is supposed to be to eradicate world poverty. But that end is never going to be achieved if, as one nation overcomes poverty for instance, another slides into it. I don't believe that what's currently going on in the United States is just circumstantial or coincidental. Donald Trump may not be as racist as many people believe, but he's very much classist. Trump was more or less born with a silver spoon in his mouth and, to my understanding, some 70 years later is now richer than ever. Someone like that you can't normally expect to be sympathetic toward...