[bingomad123]

> Comey is a symptom of the kind of cowardly, authority-respecting society we've become.

I am an Indian citizen living in USA and I think American society must take the blame here and not the politicians. The way society thinks and votes I think only a total narcissist moron can succeed in US administration.

The fastest way to rise to top (as we saw in case of Obama and Trump) is to find some target group and blame that group for the failure of other larger society. The larger society is far too quick to raise pitchforks and burn the other group at stake.

It is depressing to see that large % of Americans have seen inside of jail. A lot of people labeled as "suspected terrorist" or "sex offenders" are no where close to the common sense definition of those words. But once you have that label rest of the society treats you like utter shit. You cant find a job, state can put any arbitrary restrictions on all your freedoms etc.

Unless US society learns to be compassionate and stand up for the rights of even those "deplorable" people purely as matter of principle I don't think there is any scope for optimism.

I remember Ron Paul's words "Once you give up some liberty, you are not going to get it back, ever!"

[arwhatever]

I'm always requesting constructive criticism like this from foreign-born coworkers, hoping for such valuable outside perspective, but they seldom provide it, no doubt hoping to avoid being offensive.

This is a really excellent point that you make.

[JustSomeNobody]

> The fastest way to rise to top (as we saw in case of Obama and Trump) is to find some target group and blame that group for the failure of other larger society. The larger society is far too quick to raise pitchforks and burn the other group at stake.

Yes, we are very much a blame society. It is the Republicans fault. It is the Democrats fault. It is my neighbor's fault. It is my parents' fault. Blame blame.