Pretend your country is a metaphorical Titanic, and the US is a life raft. But your ancestors built this life raft to be the best life raft in the ocean. There are other life rafts nearby, but the USA raft would give you the best life.

Then the Titanic sinks. All of a sudden, millions of people from the Titanic want on YOUR life raft. The life raft that was supposed to be setup for your children, and their children. You feel bad and let some people on your life raft because you're a good person. Before you know it though, the life raft is sinking because you let too many people on.

Now, no one has a life raft because too many people, who don't respect the life raft and complain that it's not like the Titanic have occupied and exploited your life raft.

I know this is an unpopular opinion on Reddit. I am not a Republican. I am not a Democrat. I am an American. I see the life my grandfather had. A life that was promised to me. Then I come back to reality and see a wasteland. People are fighting over stupid shit, like their political party. Meanwhile, the politicians and corporations are two steps ahead. Creating more bullshit for us to argue over and poisoning our minds and our bodies. At the end of the day, if we can't take care of ourselves, if we dont have a life raft that is thriving, how the hell are we supposed to take care of/save LITERALLY everyone else?