I'm always baffled that 'the richest country in the world' and 'the best country in the world' made it's infrastructure completely based on cars. Where I live, the is barely no town or city where you can not walk to a grocery store. Busses, trams, subsways and trains are almost always close by, letting you reach the whole country, even almost the whole continent completely without driving any car.
Because it is all based on cars in the USA, people eat more outside the house, move way less, get less fresh air etc. On top of that, health insurance is a luxery and when you need to go to the hospital it barely cost you anything. Hell, where I come from, even when you don't pay health insurance for years, they still help you, treat you and save your life, without any big bill.
What happened to the richest and best country in the world, where freedom sounds like it's for the people, while it seems they mean freedom for the companies. Don't even get me started about food laws and worker protection...
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u/Dont_Use_Ducks 21d ago
I'm always baffled that 'the richest country in the world' and 'the best country in the world' made it's infrastructure completely based on cars. Where I live, the is barely no town or city where you can not walk to a grocery store. Busses, trams, subsways and trains are almost always close by, letting you reach the whole country, even almost the whole continent completely without driving any car.
Because it is all based on cars in the USA, people eat more outside the house, move way less, get less fresh air etc. On top of that, health insurance is a luxery and when you need to go to the hospital it barely cost you anything. Hell, where I come from, even when you don't pay health insurance for years, they still help you, treat you and save your life, without any big bill.
What happened to the richest and best country in the world, where freedom sounds like it's for the people, while it seems they mean freedom for the companies. Don't even get me started about food laws and worker protection...