| I disagree strongly. Americans only care about moving up that ladder themselves and keeping others below them. Here’s examples.. 1. Universal healthcare was proposed as early as 1912, but overwhelmingly white Americans at the time didn’t want to cover minorities. This was backed by insurers and the work of Frederick Hoffman, the head of American Statistical Association at the time. Nothing has changed on the universal healthcare issue since that time. Source: - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1497788/ 3. Americans obviously don’t care about gun violence. Since the sunsetting of the Federal Assault Weapons Bans, mass shootings (overwhelmingly committed by AR15) have skyrocketed with no end in sight. Source: - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban - https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/06/15/did-the-assault-we... 4. 58% of Republicans believe the US country should prioritize expanding exploration and production of oil, coal and natural gas. As an example, China outspent the US almost to 5:1 in transitioning to low carbon energy production in 2023. Source: - https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/mar/27/us-versus-chi... - https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/09/what-the-... 5. Americans don’t care about income inequality. Improving public school education is the best way to improve outcomes for poor people but state legislatures have been defunding public schools since desegregation. Source:
- https://sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2022/04/conversation-jim-crow.php - https://www.epi.org/publication/public-education-funding-in-... |
Let's say this is true. Logically then, one could make the point that people who are loudly proclaiming that the American worker is suffering because of income inequality (just look through this thread) are clearly out of touch with the average American worker and maybe even have a saviour complex with a touch self-righteousness.