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[–] recentSloth43@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

We exist as much as you do. You're not the main character.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago
[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Say that to the aliens who are going to make first contact with us.

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

In either New York or Los Angeles, because those are the only places that exist, clearly

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Affordable healthcare

Public transit

Civilian oversight

Prisoner rehabilitation

Universal income

Free education

Separation of religion and state

Wealth taxes

Law enforcement accountability

Environmental regulations…

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Where is this magical place?

[–] farsinuce@feddit.dk -1 points 2 months ago

Scandinavia.

[–] wazoobonkerbrain@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

The U.S. is an oligarchy.

Most "third world" or "developing" countries aren't that bad, and there are places in the US far worse than the median developing country.

Also most people in most places do not want to go to the US, even to visit much less immigrate. It's generally either the worst of a particular society or those specifically harmed by the US previously and feel their chances are better off with the abuser instead of in the abused country. It's not a wanted destination.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz -1 points 2 months ago

Your gun worship is killing you.

[–] masterbaexunn@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

For millions of United States Americans, the so called "American Dream" is achieved in Mexico. They're often illegal immigrants. They often have mental health problems. They gentrify our cities and are entitled as fuck.

Pot calling kettle and all, but I do wish they'd go back to their own shithole country. They have demonized my country for decades and have weaponized the cartels to feed their own addictions. Most of the problems here can be tied directly to their humongous drug problems.

Yankee go home. The United Mexican States is tired of your shit.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social -1 points 2 months ago

As an American, I'm gonna barge in with my loud opinion, 'cuz that's what we do. Here's something which people living elsewhere might not know that Americans aren't ready to hear:

Automobiles are luxury toys and fashion accessories, and we shouldn't base our entire lives on them. No, the car industry didn't make our economy strong; it took off after we already had a lot of extra wealth to burn after becoming a world economic powerhouse. We can't afford to keep wasting all that wealth on them as the world starts to burn, and half of our citizens sink into poverty.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You need a second civil war

[–] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

out of curiosity, how many wars have you been caught in the middle of?

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just my own personal hell. 40 years in the making. You?

[–] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

none, and gods willing that will always be the case. Civil war isn't just "good guys vs bad guys"—hell, it wasn't even that the first time around, despite union propaganda trying to make it seem like their intentions were pure. War is also starvation and loss of access to clean drinking water and constant blackouts as supply chains get interrupted; it's many people dependent on uninterrupted health care dying off because they can't get their meds or do their testing; it's r*pists and pedophiles and nazis and sociopaths having their way with others while society gets distracted; it's your loved ones dying, not because they were fighting for what's right, but because they were "acceptable losses"; it's constant anguish that destroys lives for multiple generations as trauma gets handed down like an heirloom.

Living through a war is about the most extreme form of hate I could imagine wishing upon someone. If someone who lived through one is willing to say "it's time," then I'm willing to listen. Otherwise, please excuse me if I don't.