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I find the social support systems in America awfully poor from my experience growing up in the US and observing what was provided or obtainable (depending on pe
by intralizee 8y ago
I find the social support systems in America awfully poor from my experience growing up in the US and observing what was provided or obtainable (depending on personal financial status). It's no surprise to see this first world country lacking compassion towards others who didn't find the variables to succeed. The capitalist mindset feeds from irrational behavior and lack of understand towards you are who you are from genetics, environmental factors and all events in a linear ordered progression (life). So many times I've encountered people just write off a person they consider a failure to themselves by having oneself obtain the variables to succeed and refusing to acknowledge the other person(s) didn't have the same experience. How people even have the capability of profiting from these extremely unfortunate people shows everyone is at fault in the US for allowing it. Everyone should take responsibility or leave the country like I did. You're unlikely to succeed when the majority are irrational and you're less fortunate.
- nojvek 8y agoThis x 1000. If Aliens were trying to find an example of advanced civilization and they saw how things operated in the US, they’d very much think we are a messy and non functioning civilization that would eventually wipe ourselves out. The truth is we as a nation consider prisoners as a second glass citizen. Like humans with defects from a manufacturing plant that need to be contained in jails away from everything. And we have a dark side of capitalism that optimizes for stock value without regard for human element. We are already in the world of AIs optimizing endlessly to increase a magic number without much regard to external consequences.