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I get the point. I just don't see why it's necessary for someone to point out the disparity in perception every time a story about America's poor comes up. We h
by mkr-hn 15y ago
I get the point. I just don't see why it's necessary for someone to point out the disparity in perception every time a story about America's poor comes up. We have different standards due to the difference in national wealth.
Do you see Americans dropping in to talk about how out of touch people in better educated European countries are when they talk about problems in their schools? It wouldn't make sense. People get to aspire to better things for their country, even if other countries aren't quite there yet.
- kamaal 15y agoAmericans talk endlessly about how much cheaper <foreign work> destinations have stolen their jobs. They have stolen your jobs because of my aforementioned arguments. In other words you are in this 'poor' state because of your very high standards of living.