Is America perfect? No. However, it is no worse than any other country in this sense. Any country that has the amount of talent, resources and power that the U.S. has accumulated would commit no less the atrocities than the U.S. has in it's history. I think there is an argument to be made that most would be even worse. Human nature is flawed, no one is perfect and those flaws are magnified in a group situation. Power attracts evil, power hungry people who want to oppress others, no matter the geography. Utopia is a pipe dream, so you can yearn for it all you want, and you may find it temporarily, but if so it will only last for a brief time in history due to entropy. So if you are fortunate enough to be on the winning side you might as well enjoy it by firing up the grill, waving a flag, popping some fireworks and enjoying your family. But if you want to follow a miserable little, whining coke head like George Carlin don't expect any sympathy from me, because sulking in faux moral superiority isn't helping anyone. Happy 4th of July and God Bless Texas!