Does America still exist?

Is the United States of America still even an actual country after the rise of far-right corporatism in the '90s?

It seems like ever since then, and on an increasing basis, every country's laws apply in the U.S. - except the laws of the United States.

"Free trade" may be the biggest example. During the rise of "free trade" a decade ago, I read that the United States - in the name of the gloBULL economy - began allowing foreign commercial fisheries to overfish in American waters, something American fisheries couldn't do.

When Massachusetts instituted a policy to forbid state agencies from buying products from countries with bad regimes, a federal court swooped in and told Massachusetts it couldn't do this, because it was infringing on federal "free trade" policies.

Economic and education officials worry about American corporations "competing" with those in foreign lands, so they treat workers and children as cogs in this corporatist wheel.

When we hear of rightists advocating absurd policies - in our schools and elsewhere - they often point to the fact that other countries already have the same policies. Usually, however, the other countries they cite are dictatorships.

And my America does not take cues from overseas dictatorships.

If the right wing wants America to mimic repressive regimes, maybe they should find a different country to live in besides the United States.

American problems need American solutions that respect the values of a democratic republic and the rule of the Constitution.