The Real Problem

A response to an article questioning the mental health of one of the presidential candidates:

The unspoken inference of the article would be: If Trump is "mentaly unbalanced" and he got such a majority of the vote in the republican party and in social media, isn't the Average American "mentally unbalanced" to find so much sympathy with his views. In fact, isn't ALL of American Society a little "mentally unbalanced" compared to the traditional social structures that humans are used to living within. There are presently 77,000 people living in tents on the streets and sidewalks of Los Angeles. Isn't this ALSO a symptom of the mental unbalance of our society? 77,000 homeless in Los Angeles alone. There are presently an average of 117 suicides in USA America EVERY SINGLE DAY. Isn't this also a symptom of the mental unbalance of American society?  Almost 20 active service personel commit suicide EVERY SINGLE DAY. Aren't these also symptoms of a USA society that is "mentally unbalanced". Look at the statistics for Divorce, Alcoholism, Opiate Addiction, Obesity, Domestic Violence, and Cigarette smoking -- aren't these also symptomatic of a society that is "mentally unbalanced?" Almost 10% of the Male population is in prison, or on parole. For the past fifty years, the USA has spent half of the GNP every year on WAR and Weapons of WAR. This is more money spent than the next seven nations combined. This is a society devoted to killing and death. The real problem is not Donald Trump. The real problem is USA America itself.

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William Schaeffer