why do people in uk or usa, think their countries have gone bad? whenin fact they liv ein paradise.

I guess they have their own set of problems. They probably don't have to worry that a stray dog bites them and they die of rabies but they might be living a long unpleasant life in a big city with high air pollution, not enough trees around, sweaty gyms and chlorine pools as the only place to work out at, high level of stress to keep up with the competition and the fast tempo of other workers with more energy, less family and less hobbies, consuming processed foods high in sugars and full of ingredients that might cause more harm than good which cause various health issues that won't be serious enough to get a proper medical attention but annoying enough to create persistently bad mood and mental issues.

But now those not living in big cities...hmmm..those probably do live in a paradise.

The UK and USA are among the most economically unequal societies in the developed world. It is difficult to become "anything you want" when you are struggling to put food on the table, access basic healthcare, or just find a quiet place to do your schoolwork.

In the UK we have some very serious problems and have had for a number of years.
Last time I went to A&E I waited six hours with a broken foot before I was seen. Last I heard the A&E waiting times were up to sixteen hours. My aunty almost died last year because the hospital left her waiting with a blood clot in her head for ten hours in a corridor. She was eventually rushed to another hospital after a pediatrician just happened to talk to her and ask her how long she had been waiting and if she had been seen.
The government has allowed sewage to be released in to our water ways, electricity was costing us 300-400 pounds a month last year. We had to move house to free up cash and put solar panels on our roof just to afford electricity, and we were very lucky we could do that. My mum was just using candles instead.
Theres far right rioting going on rn all over the country, it's awful.

Concentration of power by corporations and government quangos means Brits. have a poorer standard of living compared to ten years ago.

In the UK, since leaving the EU, ordinary people's lives have altered massively.

Everything we took for granted from availability of fresh food to the world of personal banking has been shot to bits since we came out.
Basically because Boris decided a no deal Brexit was the way to go.

Add to that the numbers of people requiring medical attention or specialist educational placement has ballooned as various incarnations of government has refused to settle legitimate pay claims over the same period of time in order to try and save the taxpayers money.

We've always paid too much tax for things like petrol; booze and tobacco.
They're government favoured budget hikes rather than increase the income tax which would affect votes.

On top of this you can add too many companies not increasing pay sufficiently over the same time period.
Then once covid hit many sought to change terms and conditions of employment for many employees. Rendering their jobs unaffordable.

Construction of social housing has stopped.
Presumably because government now wants children to move back in with aging parents thereby reducing the care expense.

Because most of the have not travelled.

Because we are living the days where we are watching them fall apart. Back in the day is starting to have a whole new meaningful meaning.

Which people?

I don’t think the US is all that bad. You’re reacting to the voices of relatively few people being amplified by social media, especially in an election year when one side has a vested political interest in making things seem as bleak as possible and blaming it on the other side.

I dont think you can equate quality of life being based on just your perspective.

I think the younger gens have it rough, esp genZ , less opportunity, higher cost of living, higher unemployment rate....its awful .

Minimum wage is a joke compared to cost of livng

Crime is awful .

If youre gen x, married and have your own home, you prolly cant imagine how expensive and difficult life is for the gens that follow....esp single people.

I’m going to go with, It’s all Relative for $500.

Like @ChipmunkErnie said, in America, we are spoiled.

Who cares

Economic inequality is an unfortunate reality that goes back thousands of years.

It’s much easier to talk about the problem than to resolve it.

I live in NY and I’m already 15 years past the average life span of a man in Sudan .
A long life is paradise for me.

Nostalgia. People think everything used to be great, then everything got bad. Really, they're just nostalgic for how they thought the world was when they were kids. That's why people think things have gotten worse even when they've gotten better.

Because we're spoiled?

The US has it's problems but there is nowhere else I'd rather live. This truly is the land of opportunity.

I wouldn't call it paradise. What goes on behind the scenes, and what the people who run the planet don't want us to know, is anything but.

Not everyone can become anything they want.

People just like to complain.

I agree w you.

Its not that we have it bad. Its more were terrified of what our governments are going to do. Atleast 80% of tge uk government has sex charges against them. Our country is ran by sexual predators and thats a massive concern for us

I think it's conditioning to always feel like you never had enough, and have to keep constantly chasing the next big thing, or have the newest vehicle or the best phone... All of that consumerism stuff. Feeling unsatisfied.

If people were content, they would probably not spend as much money.

Things aren't perfect anywhere but I do think we have to learn to be grateful for what we do have. And yes, USA, Canada and UK have it pretty good.

We are not blind. We do have common sense and can see the writing on the wall due to bad policy.. any fool should be able to see the decline of both these countries and these are countries in deep trouble. No offense intended. There are consequences to bad decisions.

They’ve been infested with bolsheviks