US has plenty of problems, is still better than many countries. Ask all the people who move here, they generally will be a lot more optimistic about the US.
Who the hell wants to kill and die for "still better than many countries?" If you think your country is worth keeping, you need a positive vision for that country.
Here's the top 10 countries of origin for immigration to the US in 2018 (before COVID). We can assume people who immigrate to the US do it for a better life than the country they came from. Notice there aren't any "developed" countries in this list. Care to guess what that says about the US?
Mexico - 161,858, Cuba - 76,486, China - 65,214, India - 59,821, Dominican Republic - 57,413, Philippines - 47,238, Vietnam - 33,834, El Salvador - 28,326, Haiti - 21,360, Jamaica - 20,347
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/us-immigr...
https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/...
Well, it says that there aren’t many “developed” countries where emigrants can walk to the US.
You're getting your nomenclature discombobulated. During the Cold War, first world was US and her allies. Second world was the USSR and her allies. Third world was all the others. Third world got branded as "shitholes," because they didn't have support from the superpowers and the superpowers tended to intervene in their local politics, or steal resources, etc.
>There are certain cities in a "shithole" country that are far richer and better in certain neighborhoods in a "first-world" country around the world.
Yes, most of the US by land mass would be considered a "shithole," by many people including myself, that was my original point. People in non "shithole" countries come here far less than countries who are worse off than us. That puts us in a pretty low point on the "great countries to live" scale. Somewhere slightly above Cuba and China. In most of the US, the economic prospects are grim and the federal support is near non-existent. The US is ok if you are the top 20-30% of earners, otherwise, it's pretty crappy. It wasn't always like this.
https://www.google.com/search?q=boarded+up+small+town+usa&tb...
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/sd-me-...
https://www.dw.com/en/entering-us-via-mexico-why-are-so-many...