re: #247 wheat-dogg
The USA is still midway between modernity and antiquity in many respects.
The US is a regressive society. We still adhere to much of our puritan presbyterian forebears. We have subpopulation that is reactionary and that population has an out of proportion level of power in our society. None of these things are good from a 21st century perspective.
Gambling is (mostly) illegal, sexuality is repressed and considered to be “bad” or “dirty” by many, education is being pushed back in importance, etc. As I said, too many reactionaries.