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well it helps them to talk down about American and over exaggerate the issues here so they can ignore what they don't want to see at home. There are enough hor

well it helps them to talk down about American and over exaggerate the issues here so they can ignore what they don't want to see at home. There are enough horror stories everywhere that people fail to acknowledge, first world problems pale in comparison what people suffer in the non Western worlds. From complete lack of some basics we considering necessary to every day threats to their lives and property, should they even have the ability own anything.

zajd 10y ago
Why do you think "well it's worse other places" is some sort of defense for our callous handling of our social safety nets? All while every other industrialized nation shows a better way (see: Healthcare)
- AlgorithmicTime 10y ago
  Why is it better? Because you say so? The American way offers huge rewards for success and punishes failure brutally. It forces you to take risks. Overall, it creates more than other systems.
jernfrost 10y ago
I find it odd that you care more about the perception of your country than actually dealing with the horrible problems you have. What is more important solving poverty in America or shut up some smug European saying unfavorable things about America? I would never excuse problems in Norway by saying look how horrible it is for people in Ethiopia. We are a rich country and should be judged by those standards. So is America. It ought to be embarrassing that you are even competing with third world countries. In your sad world I guess you imagine that this is a game to me. That I just want to embarrass America to feel all good about myself. I don't. I feel deeply sad about the many people suffering in the US. Why do I not feel the same about people in say South Africa? Well we humans are odd. We don't care equally much about everybody. As Europeans we will feel strong kinship with Americans. We have many family members there and we can relate to American society as it is another western society with many of the same values. Solving Uganda, Jordan or Colombia's problems are very difficult not at least because they are poor. America's problem seems like the most unnecessary problems in the world because America is so wealthy and still have third world problems. They could have been solved with political will. Other countries don't have that luxury, they actually have to build and industrial base and get rich first.

zajd 10y ago

Why do you think "well it's worse other places" is some sort of defense for our callous handling of our social safety nets? All while every other industrialized nation shows a better way (see: Healthcare)

AlgorithmicTime 10y ago
Why is it better? Because you say so? The American way offers huge rewards for success and punishes failure brutally. It forces you to take risks. Overall, it creates more than other systems.

jernfrost 10y ago

I find it odd that you care more about the perception of your country than actually dealing with the horrible problems you have. What is more important solving poverty in America or shut up some smug European saying unfavorable things about America? I would never excuse problems in Norway by saying look how horrible it is for people in Ethiopia. We are a rich country and should be judged by those standards. So is America. It ought to be embarrassing that you are even competing with third world countries. In your sad world I guess you imagine that this is a game to me. That I just want to embarrass America to feel all good about myself. I don't. I feel deeply sad about the many people suffering in the US. Why do I not feel the same about people in say South Africa? Well we humans are odd. We don't care equally much about everybody. As Europeans we will feel strong kinship with Americans. We have many family members there and we can relate to American society as it is another western society with many of the same values. Solving Uganda, Jordan or Colombia's problems are very difficult not at least because they are poor. America's problem seems like the most unnecessary problems in the world because America is so wealthy and still have third world problems. They could have been solved with political will. Other countries don't have that luxury, they actually have to build and industrial base and get rich first.