Also coming to other parts of the world, but without any new bridges.

The West also crushes dissent: try to organize a pro-Palestinian protest on a university campus and tell us how it goes. Crushing dissent is simply what governments do.

In the meantime I would like to see more Hoover Dams and Apollo programs here, with fewer tent cities and high-speed rail boondoggles. This will require a ruling class that 1) is competent and 2) cares for the people it governs.

Honestly, I would give up my right to vote or to speak against the government in exchange for free healthcare and cheap housing.