Quote Originally Posted by Zacha341 View Post
Right-o. The average American has no concept of levels of grinding poverty say of Burundi, Haiti, parts of India etc. No potable water, toilets, no cable tv! And we're already divided in our values and politics ala the far left vs. the far right.

Japan is more unified culturally; China more dictatorially responsive per theirs.
Or parts of the US, say ... Appalachia, many other rural and some urban areas, some Native American Reservations .....