# The Psychotic States of America

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-psychotic-states-of-america/947251>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 25, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-psychotic-states-of-america/947251 "2021-07-25T14:21:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-psychotic-states-of-america/947251/41 "2021-07-28T20:16:18Z")

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I remember when the media let us know that the kids did not even have access to toothbrushes or soap or blankets etc., and the people in charge would not even allow donations to get the kids some basic needs.

I don’t remember that ever coming up when the kids were being held in detention during the Obama years. Maybe that’s just the fault of the media or maybe the circumstances under which the children were held really do differ quite a bit. I believe they were held much longer and not allowed to be with their families during the Trump years for example.

I truly wish we did a better job of helping these desperate people. It shouldn’t be this damn hard.

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**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-psychotic-states-of-america/947251/42 "2021-07-28T20:18:38Z")

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It’s getting scarier and scarier that we have the largest military and the largest nuclear arsenal in the world.

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**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-psychotic-states-of-america/947251/43 "2021-07-28T20:43:34Z")

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> [@Jasmine](#):
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> It’s getting scarier and scarier that we have the largest military and the largest nuclear arsenal in the world

Russia’s arsenal is larger than ours.

[https://www.google.com/search?q=largest+nuclear+arsenal&rlz=1C9BKJA\_enUS843US858&oq=largest+nuclear+arsenal&aqs=chrome..69i57j0j0i22i30l4.22841j0j7&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8](https://www.google.com/search?q=largest+nuclear+arsenal&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS843US858&oq=largest+nuclear+arsenal&aqs=chrome..69i57j0j0i22i30l4.22841j0j7&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8)

The US military is only the third largest. Granted it has been deemed the _most powerful_, but it is not the largest.

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-psychotic-states-of-america/947251/44 "2021-07-30T16:57:12Z")

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USA and Russian arsenals are WAY down from their peak in 1985 pre-SALT II arms treaty.

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