I have a sister in US, a cousin in Germany.

US was founded on Capitalism and is a basket case of rampant Greedy Capitalism, Slavery, War Profiteering and Bullying. It has always been the case and has never stopped. Ever since the British tried stopping George Washington from usurping American Indians’ land. The lofty ideals were mere veneer.

The only thing that has changed is that there are many more players in the field and US’ shortcomings as a modern society is getting apparent.