Inconvenient American Truths

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>Most people get their jobs through existing company contacts, not a meritocratic search and interview process
>Most wealth is inherited; the figures become especially lopsided when factoring in the wealth that was created only after an inheritance/gift was received
>Most gun deaths are self-inflicted, not accidental or inflicted during the commission of a violent crime (whether offensively or defensively)
>Our education and healthcare systems have, on average, some of the worst outcomes in the developed world - even without factoring out the excellent options closed off to all but a select few - mostly because we don't trust our federal gov't to regulate them and therefore reduce costs
>Much of the military-industrial complex is work-for-hire and largely unnecessary from the standpoint of the mission, but too many communities rely on it for their economic wellbeing, and it's nearly impossible to determine which initiatives are useless and which provide subtle benefits
>Tom Brady is a jackoff