Jan, I also lived in the USA for 10 years as a citizen of another nation, and I understand exactly how you feel about it. I like Americans....meaning the individuals of the ordinary public in the USA. I do not like the basic philosophical assumptions that seem to drive that society, however, nor do I like its government, its legal system, or its social system, and I am horrified by its foreign and domestic policies. What you have there is a lot of basically good people under a very bad system, in my opinion. They have grown up in that system, so their views of reality have been shaped by it, and the results are predictable....but they are good people among whom I number many friends.

I would not wish to live in the USA again. Not until it changes radically from the way it is now. I hesitate to even travel to the USA, and have not done so since 911.