FarraigePlaisteaċ (sé/é)

I’m not from USA, but it’s tragically bad there. I sometimes see indexes come out for things like education or literacy rates, I look further down past my own country on the list and see the USA. For a nation that can fund corporations and military up to their eyeballs, it is an absolute choice and systemic problems to allow that to continue.

And before anyone mentions things like poverty - those are intrinsically linked to education. A nation that takes education seriously takes poverty seriously. user givesomefucks has an interesting comment on other systemic problems contributing to it.

I also have to apologies on the part of my own nation. We’re not the US, but we’re deferential, subservient allies.