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puts on international hat Actually, all of you Westerners[1] are rich entitled whiners. You have consistent access to clean water that comes straight to your h
by jey 7y ago
puts on international hat
Actually, all of you Westerners[1] are rich entitled whiners. You have consistent access to clean water that comes straight to your house, you even have a house, with insulation and carpets no less. You have a cornucopia of diverse and nutritious foods, and your social institutions will even feed you if you're poor! Not only do you have all these necessities, even your poor people have opulent expensive toys like cars, TVs and cell phones!
1. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/westerner https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/west...
- username90 7y ago> all of you Westerners[1] are rich entitled whiners This is provably wrong, many people are not whiners no matter which country you look at.
- asdff 7y agoA $2000 rusty car, a $40 used tv, and any cellphone made in the last 10 years do not equal opulent expensive toys in my eyes. There are homeless people with these three things. The 'welfare queen' of your conservative fantasies does not actually exist.
- jey 7y agoIt's written from the perspective of someone living in a mud hut and probably not on your continent.
- ummonk 7y agoThat's exactly the point. Even homeless Westerners have access to expensive toys. And opulent wealth is taken for granted so much that Westerners don't even see owning a rusty car, used tv, and cellphone as noteworthy.
- kevin_b_er 7y agoWe have safe potable water for now. As public investment continues to lag we will see more Flints in the US.
- HillaryBriss 7y agoCalifornia does not provide safe tap water to all residents: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/us/the-crisis-lurking-in-californians-taps-how-1000-water-systems-may-be-at-risk.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/us/the-crisis-lurking-in-...
- didibus 7y agoFrom another perspective, you could say Westerners are people who don't let others have the best of them and bring them down. That they have incredibly high expectations and standards. That they don't take no for an answer. And they will assert themselves and their rights strongly, vocally and openly. Or in other words, give me liberty or listen to me ask for it until I die. Now the question becomes, how much is this attitude responsible for all the richness you described? If it is partially or fully responsible, then others should adopt it as well, and they'd be better off "whining" as well. Let's give a scenario, two kids at a table, one shouts "I demand desert". The other responds "Stop whining, I didn't even get to eat anything, at least you got an entree". Whose most likely to get what they want? Maybe the other should have whined instead: "And I demand a full meal!"