Chumbawumba agrees with you and so do I.

3000 miles away or whatever

Fun fact, the closest distance from USA to China is still over 7000 miles, the lower 48 is around 3000 miles coast to coast. (Don't worry, I totally understand the rest of the comment, I just figured I'd provide additional context to point out just how preposterous the original joke is)

That doesn't surprise me, I meant more to say that the book, to my knowledge, is focused on the Canadian side of the border (I've only read the preface though so it could be that I'm just not yet far enough in if the US ones are addressed)

Red skin, white masks also tackles this, though I believe it focuses on Canada instead of the USA. Same issues, different borders. It's next on my reading list.

For examples in history, Black Reconstruction by DuBois is an excellent source of "if you let the fascist be fascist right after crushing them in a civil war, you're gonna have a bad time."

They missed the bigger point there. I don't want to be a fucking billionaire. I just want to be able to afford housing, food, clothing, and a fucking vacation once in awhile, without needing a drowning amount of debt to do any of that. Also, I'd like to have better transit options because I'm currently entirely car dependent.