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> I think you overestimate the reputation of the US and underestimate how much it has rapidly declined the last decades.

How has it rapidly declined? Please list the ways. I don't necessarily disagree, but I am curious.

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Behaviour of the conservative side of the country has been grim the last 10+ years, unless you’re white. Overall, the country is right-centre as compared to the western world. Politics is constant yet government is in gridlock. Health care is costly and intermittent being tied to employment. Social cohesion and support isn’t particularly good. But there’s money to be had if you don’t mind the cost.

These are the biggest universities in America today. None of them existed 50 years ago. They are the future of college education in America.

#1 Western Governors University (WGU) North Carolina 121,437

#2 Southern New Hampshire University New Hampshire 104,068

#3 Grand Canyon University Arizona 90,253

#4 Liberty University Virginia 79,152

#5 Ivy Tech Community College - Central Indiana Indiana 72,006

Uh, this makes zero sense. This is just places that are inexpensive to get degrees from because many places now require college degrees for jobs that don't need them. They are not "the future of college education" in any real leadership sense, no more than Coursera is "the future of education."

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