that is what the immigrants were told about the USA. Then they got here, looked for jobs, and tried to make a living. Not finding milk and honey, nor gold streets. All the while the natives of this land got their land taken over, etc.

The truth is it was never the good old days, it was just selective memory from the old timers. They only want to remember the good things and the good times, and forget about the bad things and the bad times. Get real, it may s*ck here in the USA, but not as much as some other places in the world. Some places may be better, but very few.

The old USA has been going downhill for a while now, started in the 20th century real early, but it was there somewhat in the 19th century. In the 18th century our forefathers saw it, but decided not to do anything about it and use it to form a revolution. We got more rights, and priviliages, but traded one curropt system for another. Slowly the curroption built and people took advantage of their wealth. First it was the slave owners who used slave labor for their business, then the Native Americans got shafted when people needed their land, then businesses got rich off the hard work of others. Then we came up with unions, minimum wage, child labor laws, etc to make it better for a while, but soon that was ruined when they moved those jobs out of the country.

In short, it never was the good old days, just a less sh*ttier day than before.

Yes we have people here who are low in morals, but also in other countries as well. The USA has no monopoly on morally chaleged people.

Do the Consumer-Sheep want to stay that way, or do the holders of 90% of the capital want them to stay that way?

How do I avoid becoming a consumer-sheep or break out of the cycle? I am tired of being poor and working too hard to make someone else rich.