It's certainly interesting to see this perspective from other countries about the US in contrast to the neckbeards on reddit who lack any perspective outside of the unprecedented peace and comfort most westerners have experienced in recent generations. Even with all the growing uncertainty and conflict, this is still among the best of times to be alive as a human ever, especially in the west. Even comparing life for someone today versus 100 years ago is mind blowing for how good we have it now. So it certainly is silly seeing some redditor whining about living in America from their desktop in their air conditioned apartment, reliably eating more than enough each day, with reliable electricity and indoor plumbing built to legal standards that are generally enforced relatively well, with extremely low chances of contracting devastating diseases like smallpox, malaria, tuberculosis, encephalitis, polio, measles, etc. While I won't deny the US has some obviously growing problems, still struggles with a barbaric "healthcare" system, and has a justice system that's pretty fucked, the standard of living is still unprecedented in human history and still very well off in comparison to the world average. I think one of the biggest problems/obstacles for most average to wealthy Americans is a lack of perspective, and I don't think they're prepared for how much that is probably going to be challenged soon. While America still has quite a ways to fall, I'm very confident that the height of uncontested American hegemony is well behind us, and is already very much so no longer uncontested. And I believe that recent decline is what gets many of these American redditors to be all doomery and pathetic, not just the news cycle and negativity bias.