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Fallacy of relative privation. It's one of the stupidest arguments I've ever heard. The one advantage of this particular fallacy, is you always just give it rig
by jhall1468 11y ago
Fallacy of relative privation. It's one of the stupidest arguments I've ever heard. The one advantage of this particular fallacy, is you always just give it right back:
> Who cares about underprivileged groups in the United States, when there are people in Africa that don't even have food.
The fact that things happen to other people does not diminish the things relevant to my life.
- minikites 11y agoThat's not the best comparison because many people in the USA also don't have food: http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/sayonara-middle-class-22-stunning-pieces-of-evidence-that-show-the-middle-class-in-america-is-dying http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/sayonara-middle-cl... > #14 The number of Americans that are living in concentrated areas of high poverty has doubled since the year 2000. > #19 46 million Americans use food banks each year, and lines start forming at some U.S. food banks as early as 6:30 in the morning because people want to get something before the food supplies run out. This is all part of the point I'm making, America is not uniformly great or a land of opportunity.