• Owl@mander.xyz
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    13 days ago

    Yeah, the US have a crazy man at the helm but a very strong and resilient ship. Not the best in every regard but it’s still a very good country to be born in.

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      I haven’t seen a doctor in fifteen years. I haven’t been able to afford a car since my last one died seven years ago. I’m thirty years old having to split rent three ways. This country is a labor camp with a first world facade.

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        13 days ago

        You are still better of than most of the world. Not saying that you have to accept the way they require you to live just because other’s got it worse.

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          Living a boss’ minor inconvenience away from being scraped off the street by a bulldozer while sleeping in mid winter is about as bad as you can have it short of being on the street, prison/labor or genocide.

          “Freeedums” doesn’t mean much when your life is a cycle of work-work-work-eat(maybe)-depression/stress/anxiety-sleep(if you’re lucky).

          I guess you can still say the words, “fuck trump” but we’ll see ig.

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      That’s kinda like saying “China is a good place to be born in, at least its not North Korea”.

      Sure, the US isn’t nearly the worst, but I would never choose to be born here if I have, say, Norway to choose from.