Reply #24: The U.S. is the richest country in the world...

[Luminous Animal]

in resources and in control of 3rd and 2nd world resources, yet we are at the bottom of most every measure for quality of life for our citizenry. We've elevated greed and self-interest to an art form that we will blithely accept most any human atrocity while hoping to get a bigger piece of the pie.

The largest homeless population in any western country? It's a personal moral failure.

The largest prison population in the history of mankind? It's a personal moral failure.