At least the U.S. is still number one in something. From Michael Snyder at theeconomiccollapseblog.com:
How does it feel to have the largest government that the planet has ever seen? When I was growing up, I was taught that we had a capitalist system and that we had a limited federal government. Of course neither of those things has been true for a very long time. Today, the United States has the biggest government in the history of the world, and it gets even bigger with each passing year. Running that gigantic government requires more money than we actually have, and so we are going into staggering amounts of debt. But there is no way that our politicians will ever agree to reduce the size of the federal government to an appropriate size. So we are stuck with this system until the day when it finally collapses.
Let me give you some numbers that illustrate what I am talking about.
-Approximately 3 million people work directly for the federal government.
-The federal government spent 6.13 trillion dollars in 2023. That figure is larger than the GDP of every nation on the entire planet except for the U.S. and China.
-More than 70 million Americans are on Social Security.
-More than 65 million Americans are on Medicare.
-More than 81 million Americans are on Medicaid.
-More than 41 million Americans are on food stamps.
Of course there are many more programs that hand out money to the population on a regular basis.
We have reached a stage where most U.S. households are at least partially dependent on the federal government.
When we are all digging in dumpsters for supper and roasting rat meat kebabs over the people’s burn barrel will the precious equality finally be achieved?
My sandals made from old tires purchased in Mexico have worn out and I want to look sharp at the burn barrel.
BTW-No apparatchik or low level maggot minion of the state will be harmed in this engineered collapse.
Forward, yes we can!