Americlan
While Trump trumpets ‘Make America Great Again’, evidence shows that – on key measures – the US is a laggard, compared with 25 other rich countries: on happiness (18/26), inequality (26/26), life expectancy (24/26), maternal mortality (26/26), child poverty (24/26), deficit/GDP (26/26), guaranteed paid vacation (26/26) and family leave (26/26). So much of America’s global leadership is built on perception (even Hollywood fantasy). That perception is rapidly changing, as the American dream fades. Historian Arnold Toynbee says civilizations decline when they fail to adapt their central ideas about themselves. Can America reimagine being American?
— Wayne Visser
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