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In the USA, the main issue is that a lot of people are poor and can’t afford healthcare. And that’s really on them. They have to really do their best, stop bein
by louwrentius 2y ago
In the USA, the main issue is that a lot of people are poor and can’t afford healthcare. And that’s really on them. They have to really do their best, stop being so lazy and just stop being so poor.
It’s the land of equal opportunity, a level playing field and if you can’t make it, you’re not working hard enough. They should really take personal responsibility seriously.
If you just felt for a split second any doubt about me being serious or not that should mean something.
- was_a_dev 2y agoMy split second of doubt came from not being American, and past experience of hearing Americas seriously make those points
- bogeholm 2y agoWild. I don’t have enough HN points to downvote, sorry
- lifty 2y agoIt's sarcasm without the sarcasm tag.
- stavros 2y agoThis is exactly why. Yes, this comment is in jest, but something like it is the culture in the US, from way back when it really was an unexplored continent where you could get rich just by doing anything. This mindset has persisted to varying degrees, and it's why Americans are so opposed to a social safety net. After all, the only way for someone to be poor in the US is to deserve it.
- shiroiushi 2y agoIt's true: if you're poor in the US, you definitely deserve it. This is true if you're a malnourished young child too: if you deserved a better life, you would have been born to richer parents.
- jijijijij 2y agoI think the social darwinism in culture is in part the result of decades of red scare brainwashing and its fallout, like identitarian consumerism. It's really what sets the US apart. As a western nation, the US seems to lack a generation of collectivist (youth) revolt as a cultural balancing force. "The left" is, has been a joke in America. I mean seriously, you still witness pavlovian reflexes on anything "social" all the time. Sometimes feeling mindlessly automatic, it's rather disturbing.
- stavros 2y agoExactly, and the "social safety net" gets the same scare. What? You want healthcare? That's socialism, one step closer to communism, which everyone knows is the devil!
- netsharc 2y agoAh, the American dream/philosophy: "If you work hard, you'll be successful". If you believe this, then you have to believe the reverse: "If you're not successful, that's because you're a lazy fuck". Just look at OP preaching this. https://youtu.be/bTDGdKaMDhQ https://youtu.be/bTDGdKaMDhQ "equal opportunity", maybe a few decades ago. I could throw in the words "systemic racism" in here but you'll dismiss me as a stupid woke-brain whose arguments aren't worth listening to. Meanwhile you don't realize how much luck you (or other billionaires) have encountered..
- Capricorn2481 2y agoThe commenter was being sarcastic
- lucianbr 2y agoThey actually say they're being sarcastic, and you still don't get it...
- netsharc 2y ago> They actually say... Huh... apparently I'm illiterate!
- Ekaros 2y agoI have been thinking about this being poor thing. Isn't it like all of the losing weight advice. Earn more, spend less and save more simple to do it. It is all about money in and money out. If you have more money coming in and less going out you will be rich. Trivial advice to follow and anyone should be able to do it right?
- Beretta_Vexee 2y agoThe hard truth is that these babies are lucky to have been born in a country of equal opportunity, and those who don't manage to live beyond a year simply haven't worked hard enough. Providing for the needs of lazy babies is the first step towards socialism.
- simonsarris 2y agoUS public spending on healthcare dwarfs every European nation. The US public healthcare expenditure per capita is greater than Norway's Public + Private expenditure. https://www.statista.com/statistics/283221/per-capita-health-expenditure-by-country/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/283221/per-capita-health...