theseriouscynic:

dreamlogic:

living in the united states is supremely fucked up cause we’re one of the richest, most powerful juggernauts on the planet, but your average citizen has relatively infinitesimal access to that wealth and power, and very little they can do to improve things.

being poor in the US still makes you rich by some global standards, but often times The American Experience is like….. you’re a passenger locked in the baggage hold of a very long train that’s going very fast. and the people driving the train are running it off the rails and shouting CHOO CHOO MOTHERFUCKERS CHOO CHOOOOOOOOO as they thoughtlessly bulldoze this train through everything in its path. you want very badly to get off the train or bludgeon the conductors with a crowbar, because you don’t like where it’s going, but you’re handcuffed in a duffel bag and the conductors have barricaded themselves in the engine cars with all the food, medicine, and tools that could be used to help you out.

and UNDERSTANDABLY the rest of the world is like “what the FUCK is wrong with that train??? it must be stopped! there are so many people on the train why is nobody breaking into the conductor’s booth and stopping it??!” but most of us are just squirming for basic survival in the last few cars while billionaires sit on top of the train sniping anyone brave enough to crawl up from the cargo hold, all while shouting that you’re lucky to be on such a luxurious, successful train at all.

I’ve never seen being an American explained so well.