American Paradox: Wealth, Despair & Systemic Decay in the US
The United States, with a per capita income of approximately USD 80,000, ranks among the wealthiest societies in recorded human history. Its technological dominance, institutional depth, and geopolitical reach remain unmatched globally. Yet, according to analysts and researchers, beneath this extraordinary prosperity lies a social landscape marked — for tens of millions of Americans — by dysfunction, insecurity, and profound despair. This is not poverty born of scarcity; it is distress amidst abundance.
Deaths of Despair: A Crisis Hidden in Plain Sight
The epidemic of
