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Americans Shared 33 Things Other People Need To Know About What’s Going On In The US
The United States is currently in disarray. Many are unhappy with the current administration’s policies, particularly on immigration, healthcare, federal spending, and foreign policy, among others.
But unless you live in the country, you don’t get to see what goes on beyond media reports. So, in a recent Reddit thread, people openly discussed some pressing issues they believe the rest of the world should be made aware of.
Scroll down to see what came up, and feel free to join in on the discussion through the comments section below.
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#1
What's going on in America is a lot of stuff that is reminiscent of late 1920s/early 1930s Germany.
Space Invader 1 day ago
Oh come on, it's not like you have some sort of secret police that doesn't have to justify their action, can strike anytime, anywhere against pretty much anyone, travels in secret vehicles and takes you away into inhuman prisons with little to no legal recourse...
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#2
A really dumb fake federal agency called DOGE took a hacksaw to all real federal US government agencies and fired a bunch of federal employees. Now those positions are being rehired by private companies as contractor jobs and the position is being paid more money. Thus, costing the government more money. DOGE was an absolute scam and a way to privatize government jobs.
Tamra 1 day ago
During the time Doge was active, the national debt rose by over two trillion dollars. I mean, that's f*cking wild. In less than a year, the Trump administration ADDED almost $3 trillion to the debt. Why? For what purpose? Because I promise the American people aren't seeing any benefit at all.
#3
I thought Project 2025 was a conspiracy theory until I read it. It's not, unfortunately. They've already implemented about 50% of it, and it's honestly terrifying. If this administration isn't stopped soon, we're completely screwed. If you're not a rich white person, you're seriously screwed. Or white and poor.
#4
The Epstein files is a really big deal: Absolutely nobody will be held to real account for decades of crimes against over a thousand victims.
We're all the way in a dictatorship. That's the part people are missing. We're not sliding, we slid. It happened.
Space Invader 1 day ago (edited)
There is an aspect of Epstein that terrifies me: People like him are inevitable as long as there are ultra-rich people around. People with too much money run out of things to buy too quickly. They bore of things they can easily get, and buying "normal" things is beneath them - what's the use of being rich if you live like a normo? So they start to crave hard-to-get, forbidden things. Hunt endangered species, lust for s*x with "inappropriate partners" - just do things because they shouldn't. We seriously underestimate the dangers of true decadence.
#5
The complete erosion of trust in science based medicine. And the utter lack of unbiased main stream media reporting. These are not great signs for the future of a democracy… we’ve seen where that road goes….
#6
Data center going to steal your water and electricity. Guess who will pay? You. They will get handouts from your wallet.
#7
Private equity firms buying tens of thousands of single-family homes to turn them into permanent rental properties.
Breadcrumb. 1 day ago
Isn't it great to be living in the future, where the land is all claimed and the weapons are nuclear.
#8
I would warn generally about all of it.
I’m visiting the US right now, my home, after being abroad for 11 of the last 15 years. I have not lived here since 2019. Believe me when I tell you that it has never felt to me more like a society in decline. Prices are ridiculous for everything. American advertising is this bizarre cavalcade of dystopia that feels like it’s simultaneously in deep denial about and aggressively selling itself. Everyone on the street looks fat, sick, or fake. My close friend recently had an ICE raid happen at the Home Depot around the corner from their house. Commerce seems to have devolved into clusters of new construction with the same 12 corporate businesses, surrounded on all sides by crumbling old shuttered buildings. To repeat— EVERYTHING is ridiculously expensive. The average item costs more than twice what it used to only a few years ago. It seems impossible that people can survive here, let alone thrive. If America was my cousin and I was visiting, I’d be telling my other relatives in hushed whispers about how concerned I was.
#10
More people than you think are struggling with getting fresh clean water. Trump vetoed a bill to bring clean water to southeastern Colorado in retaliation for keeping one of his allies in jail/possibly against Boebert for going against him. The Navajo Nation was basically told it has no right to have water provided to it. Flint took over 10 years to replace the lead pipes. Climate change will be making things worse in the southwest.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 day ago
Clean water will be the true challenge of the 21st century. You can't live without it. Neither can plants or animals. Just in the last century, massive area's of once fertile ground has been lost to desertification. Millions of acres and it's not turning around.
#11
JD Vance is Machiavellian AF. Yall are focusing on Trump and not this John Wayne Gacy looking guy consolidating his power as he comes for the throne.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 day ago
I have a hard time believing JD "Jorkin DaPeanus" Vance has the intelligence to be Machiavellian, but I could be wrong. He honestly reminds me a lot of an orange cat: no braincell, nothing behind those big blue eyes (while simultaneously being nowhere near as cute or lovable as a cat.) Again, I could be wrong, but I think he's actually a dolt. If the Orange Thing were to drop dead and The Couchfúcker took over, I think he'd become a mouthpiece for the party nutbags and not a leader in his own right. Not that that's BETTER than being Machiavellian, mind you.
#12
The amount of wealth being concentrated in very few hands. I don't think the average person comprehends the mind boggling numbers that are being accrued, and the consequences of that.
David Paterson 16 hours ago
External observer. I suspect that none of the hands in which the greatest wealth is held has been made public. Eg. Let's take this 100 million dollars of weapons, mark it up to a billion and give it to Ukraine. Somebody pockets the difference.
#13
The USPS changed postmarking rules, instead of mail being postmarked when received by an individual postal office, now the dating will occur when mail is processed by a sorting machine, which will result in a possible discrepancy. This will primarily affect tax returns and mail in ballots(if these are mailed on tax day/Election Day respectively they may be considered late or the ballot would be invalidated as they would be recorded by the post hub next day). A really minor change that could have big consequences April 15th or Election Day.
Peeka_Mimi 1 day ago
Take your mail in ballot to your closest drop off box. Get your taxes in before April 10th.
#14
All of the new ICE detention centers and mega detention centers just announced.
#15
1st grade teacher here 🙋🏽♀️…the effects of kids spending so much time mindlessly watching YouTube or parents on their phones not interacting. Social skills and behavior issues are way worse than when I began teaching 15 years ago.
#16
Food is a lot more expensive than what they led on the news. Yes, some “luxury goods” such as televisions, PlayStations and iPhones are still around their regular prices, but real food, housing and medical care have skyrocketed. And somehow television is still under this illusion that because luxury items are still low the economy is good, when it’s actually not.
#17
Environmental protections have been getting slashed and gutted, and it’s only going to get worse.
Funding cuts aside, this also includes delisting endangered species under false pretenses(see: American Burying Beetle, which has been a thorn in the side of oil companies) and destroying protected habitats for “economic growth”.
#18
The rising forced adoption of AI Data Centers in rural communities.
#19
Oligarchs are dividing us on trivial matters so we can’t unite on the important ones.
Repealing the fairness doctrine was the beginning of the end for meaningful media. Allowing two monopolies to own the majority of broadcast stations is the actual end and tied into the first statement.
The citizens united ruling is destroying the country. Dark money, see statement one again, is so pervasive in politics that our representatives are beholden to their oligarch masters.
#20
The slow and steady loss of owning anything and renting it all. A fifty year mortgage is a lifelong rental. Even the performance of our cars is managed by subscribing to certain features that are included when the car is purchased but then, after a year or so, only available by paying a monthly fee. Software is now by subscription. In time, the working class will own nothing.
Colleen Glim 1 day ago
Glad I bought my home when I did. A fifty year mortgage is insane. 25 -30 at most. If fifty years is what you need to afford your mortgage, buy a smaller house
#21
The installation of Flock AI cameras everywhere, to spy on everyone - and how easily they are hacked and used for *even more* nefarious means.
#22
What a problem invasive plants are and that it’s only getting worse. It’s leading to habitat loss effecting our song birds.
#23
Private equity coming in and buying doctor offices and replacing doctors with nurse practitioners. You know all the wealthy people are still going to real doctors.
Dirk Daring 1 day ago
Every Nurse Practitioner I have ever been treated by was way better than any doctor. NPs actually listen and don't rush through you to the next customer I mean patient the way doctors do.
#24
Nothing much is being taught in schools. Every school has mentally ill children in almost every classroom. They scream, throw fits, etc. Even if a teacher is smart enough to find ways to work around the poor curriculum and micromanaging in most schools, the behaviors of many of the children just don't allow teaching to really happen. There is so much wasted time and money!!
#25
Young people aren't reading many books.
Beak Hookage 1 day ago (edited)
As an author, can confirm that book sales have been tanking for some time now. It was a big part of what cost me my career in mainstream publishing; I wasn't making the publishers enough money so they dropped me.
#26
Bees are dying at an alarming rate.
WindySwede 1 day ago
I'd say that honey bees are at much lesser risk because of people make money out of them. But in general that solitary bees are in much greater risk because people doesn't see that make money of them/they dont produce honey. So I'd say its more important to protect them with habitats (sand-nests and holes in wood nests), and food (native pollen at most, but also nectar)!!
#27
High paying white collar US jobs are getting offshored to India and other countries - including jobs that deal with sensitive HR, accounting, banking and computer security data. All of this data can be more easily stolen by adversarial nations, and the U.S. has no recourse.
And none of the American politicians GAF or want to try to stop the damage that hollowing out the middle class will do to the economy.
Space Invader 1 day ago
I'd be more worried about a***e by your own government, because in truth most "adversarial nations" don't care enough about you to a***e your data against you. The worst they do is sell it to whoever wants it - but would you really trust the US not to do the same?
#28
Tipping culture is only getting further out of hand. I’m fine with tipping but my god, some places take tipping 15% as a slap in the face.
Also, please normalize not tipping garbage service. Some places genuinely do not deserve a tip and I shouldn’t feel as bad as their service was for not rewarding it.
#29
It’s still legal to pay people with significant disabilities a fraction of the minimum wage. Nearly 40,000 Americans are paid subminimum wages because of their disability. They’re timed for their work, then their pay is docked, for an average hourly wage of $3.34 an hour and as low as $0.05 an hour.
Laserleader 1 day ago
How? I still don't understand how tips can be legally used to cover paying less than minimum. How can you pay somone less than minimum for a hired job? Not the same if the person is volunteering, which i see locally quite a bit.
#30
The typical span of a reserve currency is 80-100 years. And the US dollar has been the reserve currency for 80 years and at this stage will experience increased inflation until it is replaced with other currency, at which time the value will be decimated. The government knows this but will do everything to hide and pillage while they can. Plan to hold assets, not cash.
Geoffrey Scott 1 day ago
Heard on NPR the other day. George Washington was dead set opposed to having his, or any other Presidents' likeness on coins/cash. "We no longer have kings".
#31
China is going to invade Taiwan and drag the US into a war that will impact every layer of our society. We are not ready for
“Total War”. The military knows it is coming. The common citizen does not.
#32
Where do I begin? Top thing. food companies & big pharma are in bed together & deliberately prioritize profit over health. They want sick codependent people in need of medicine, surgery etc. it’s a game. Everyday food, drinks & products such as shampoo, soap, laundry detergent, skincare, makeup, deodorant, toothpaste etc are loaded with harmful ingredients that cause cancer, endocrine disruptions, & have adverse effects on blood, organs & nervous systems. It’s engineered by design for population control & to enrich the pharmaceutical companies. They calculate how long they can poison us on average. Most Americans aren’t aware of the scam & can’t even pronounce half the ingredients in everyday things. Let alone realize how they harm your health. America doesn’t run on Dunkin. It runs on greed & sick people. No other country does this. They have universal healthcare, holistic approaches, prioritize holidays/rest, & ban thousands of ingredients allowed here.
Geoffrey Scott 1 day ago
I am reminded during the Obama Admin, a proposal was floated to allow meat processors to 'self certify' and eliminate USDA oversight. As I told my Rep and Sens "so the proposal is to push good/bad decision making down to the slaughterhouse floor, where their jobs are on the line for 'too much scrap'?" Glad that has not come to pass, yet.
#33
This will be unpopular here..
But the sheer scale of Migrant fraud is so mind boggling that you would think its propoganda.
This side of the internet likes to defer blame or do whataboutis when its brought up, i have no idea why they feel the need to defend it.
one example, Illinois alone, Indians are 2% yet are 42% of small business loans (about 5 million each), and contiously use loan assumptions to defer to other indian community members endlessly to never pay back loans, essentially stealing public funds.
This is just 1 community, 1 sector, 1 state.
David Andrews 1 day ago
Unpopular because it's racist nonsense. If you want to look at Illinois specifically, non white low income communities actually receive far less loan funding in proportion to business ownership than white communities. And the poster clearly has no idea what a small business loan is, or how it works
What do you think ?
Gingersnap In Iowa 1 day ago
Well, I'm feeling sick to my stomach now. Going to lay down for a while...
Nikole 1 day ago
Seriously. Hi Iowa, I'm in Chicago. They just cut off funding to childcare and social services here in Illinois and in California, New York, Minnesota, and Colorado. Yay.
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Gavin Johnson 1 day ago
Looking in from the outside all of the above has been made possible by division. The U.S. citizens used to be healthily cynical about all politicians but respected the position of President. Now the politicians have divided the citizens into them and us, created hatred and fanaticism, the country no longer trusts itself and politicians can do as they please without recourse. Soon we will rename you, you’ll just become States, you aren’t United anymore.
Christos Arvanitis 1 day ago
The answer is Trump, MAGA and all of the cult that are destroying our country and world order. This American apologizes and we hope to be over this nightmare soon.
Gingersnap In Iowa 1 day ago
Well, I'm feeling sick to my stomach now. Going to lay down for a while...
Nikole 1 day ago
Seriously. Hi Iowa, I'm in Chicago. They just cut off funding to childcare and social services here in Illinois and in California, New York, Minnesota, and Colorado. Yay.
Load More Replies... Gavin Johnson 1 day ago
Looking in from the outside all of the above has been made possible by division. The U.S. citizens used to be healthily cynical about all politicians but respected the position of President. Now the politicians have divided the citizens into them and us, created hatred and fanaticism, the country no longer trusts itself and politicians can do as they please without recourse. Soon we will rename you, you’ll just become States, you aren’t United anymore.
Christos Arvanitis 1 day ago
The answer is Trump, MAGA and all of the cult that are destroying our country and world order. This American apologizes and we hope to be over this nightmare soon.
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