Comment on I am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in?

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• Darnton@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Well, they have to for lack of a welfare state. It really isn’t much to brag about. Charity is a bandaid, which doesn’t solve the structural issues the same way that a welfare state does.

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• Jumbie@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’m looking forward to 2026 statistics after the removal of USAID.

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  • duncan_bayne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    USAID wasn’t charity though was it? I believe it was taxpayer funded.

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    • Jumbie@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I could counter that it’s all taxpayer founded and I’d be right to some extent.

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