[kamaal]

>>whatever mixed system the U.S. has certainly doesn't feel like freedom.

As some one from India, who knows US quite closely(Through work and visits). I can tell you US is the most free and meritorious society in the world currently. By and large anybody can do anything they want in the US. However the keyword there is 'wanting'. Its not going to be easy. Its a bit like saying you could be your class topper in school/college if the examination was a little easier.

>> I'd like to try something new because it's not working.

You only feel that way because you haven't seen anything worse.