100,000 dead from a virus, more than any other country; white gunmen storming a state capital; black jogger lynched; police murdering a man on camera; police attacking peaceful protesters & reporters; a president glorifying violence; crowds burning cars and looting. America 2020.
40 million unemployed; unemployed and low paid Americans go without healthcare; people go to bed hungry; virus hitting African American population harder; corruption at highest level of government; 1 out of every 1,000 black men are killed by police; billionaires getting richer.
Government considering closing the Post Office; every year, 114,328 people in America are shot, with 37,603 dying; poor people have to lose a day of pay to vote, some taking multiple bus transfers to sites where they wait on line 8 hours, while others vote without waiting.
One of the only two major political parties is actively working to keep people from voting; two systems of justice in our courts, one for the rich and one for the poor; jails are overcrowded and jail sentences are among the longest in the world; dark money poisons our elections.
Are we GREAT yet??
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