Huckster is a weird fuck.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Eyad_al-Hallaq

Sounds familiar.

Man, I went to a small university for my engineering masters, during graduation I realized how few Americans are going for higher level STEM degrees.

Like, I hate to talk shit about capitalism, because it is much more efficient at improving people’s lives, but basically every issue you describe is a result of capitalism.