• boonhet@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      What’s up with the fact that y’all always compare your country to the third world to make it look better, rather than comparing it to other developed nations?

      In fact, even in most 3rd world countries, being poor isn’t penalized as much as in the US because you can’t be hit with random six figure medical bills

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        1 year ago

        What about comparing it to the UK which has similar problems to the US? barring medical but then again the Tory party are trying to privatize the NHS so not far off

    • essteeyou@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Until your kid gets shot at school, or maybe some other kids in the next city or state… and then it happens the next week at the mall, and the week after at a church, and the week after forever and ever, and you wonder how long until it’s your turn, and you think that you wouldn’t have to even consider that if you lived almost anywhere else on the planet.