Do some research. Look up crime rates, education, healthy life expectancy, mrsn income, poverty level, unemployment, availability of healthcare. You will be surprised at what you find. Don't misunderstand me, I love my country. I served for 8 years and am damn proud of it. But complacency is going to destroy our nation. It was the best until the 50s. It been an avalanche every since. We, the people, need to pull our heads out of the collective ass and rebuild what our founding fathers started.