There's a treadmill. It's called life. But if it's across cultures, then the U.S. didn't create it.

Are you saying, Jordan, that because there's a general happiness/unhappiness curve, there's no difference between systems of government? I'd rather not live in North Korea right now, thanks. I'll take South.

The jaundiced left goes back to the Cold War. & to the Great Depression before that. Maybe we need to go back to the Progressive Era. Go visit Hull House in Chicago, & take heart.