This is applicable to Americans in the country and better answered if you actually live in it. The question stands - have you given up on America or do you really think there is a shred of a chance for a turnaround?
I think I have given up on America to do anything better for itself. I think the passing general election nailed the final nail in the coffin, that people who voted wrongly, wanted to worsen things in general to appease selfish personal agendas.
I think Americans in general really are set in stone about baking a cake and having it too with their interesting levels of double standards. They complain about big tech having your information, but turn around wanting you to sign a petition that asks for your information. They complain about commercials all year long, but will tune in by the millions for a Super Bowl. They complain about unfair wages, bad workplace environments and shitty bosses but didn’t make so much of a fuss during the pandemic.
There’s just too many things internally wrong with this country, that dampens what hope I ever had for it. Politicians and the “Real Owners” want to keep Americans dumb, complacent, tight and stressed to do anything. But if you give Americans a bit of leverage that could chip at those odds, they shit the fucking bed with their own incompetence.
So what gives, really? Live you life, do the best you can for yourself and those around you. Live another day but god damn fuck the majority of Americans and this country in general.
The US was always far more evil than the USSR, and gave its citizens fewer rights. The US committed numerous genocidal invasions against Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, and much more, while the USSR supported anti-colonial liberation movements in Cuba, China, Palestine, Angola, and much, much more.
Further, Finland, the Netherlands, etc are not Socialist. They are Social Democracies. Their safety nets are deteriorating, the state is under the control of capitalists, and they fund their safety nets through Imperialism. They all are reliant on the US millitarily. You cannot “control” Capitalism, Capitalism directly means the system is under the control of Capitalists. Socialism is required, meaning overwhelmingly public ownership of large firms and key industries, and power in the hands of the working class.
When the US Empire falls, the rest of the Global North will fall with it, or will have to pivot to the Global South.