The USA was once the promised land. It was a place of hope where--as so many of your textbooks promulgate--anyone regardless of financial worth could become president. Yeah, right.

It was a place where anyone could get a fair trial. Yeah, right.

You think on so many of the 'perceptions' held by Americans and the fact of the matter is they have been bullshit for a hundred years and it's only getting worse.

The DEA: how effective is the so-called war on drugs? Check stats regarding drug use and addiction--that is if the USA has any independent studies not controlled by government--and that ought to let ya know if this 'war' is being won, and if so, by whom..