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Which people got the COVID vaccine first? Why is HN in English and always talking about FAANG? Why do kids all around the world play with Spiderman? Asking f
by anon84873628 2y ago
Which people got the COVID vaccine first?
Why is HN in English and always talking about FAANG?
Why do kids all around the world play with Spiderman?
Asking for "vital" and "21st century" is a paradox, so maybe it's not what you really meant. But the proof of our success is all around if you're willing to actually look.
- chgs 2y ago> Which people got the COVID vaccine first? U.K. and Sweden followed closely by Germany?
- NoMoreNicksLeft 2y ago>Why do kids all around the world play with Spiderman? So we sell children's stories, in a world where technology makes it possible to copy not just any single story, but pretty much all of humanity's stories since time began onto a tiny little plastic doohickey that you can hang on a keychain. And then anyone in the world can also make up a new story with those same characters, or draw a picture, or whatever... That's our wealth? Wow. Even if I had stock in that intellectual property, it seems like it never really was property to begin with and that I'm heading for ruin.
- anon84873628 2y agoThose three examples were a sketch of the picture being missed by the parent comment. We clearly export entertainment on a massive scale, regardless of one's personal judgment of it.
- simgt 2y ago> But the proof of our success is all around if you're willing to actually look. Get a slice of humble pie. The proof of American failure is also all around if you're willing to actually look. Urbanism, health, environment, MAGA, Vietnam, Irak, Afghanistan. Easy to cherry pick, turns out many of us who have the luxury of being able to work in the US if they wanted to chose not to do so, maybe with good reasons? "Most successful" is very subjective. "Dominant", yeah, you are.
- anon84873628 2y agoI'm not saying there aren't grave problems with American empire. But the parents' take on this particular point is unsubstantiated.
- BobaFloutist 2y agoWhat makes urbanism bad?
- simgt 2y agoCar centricity is the main culprit [0] https://m.youtube.com/shorts/0dKrUE_O0VE https://m.youtube.com/shorts/0dKrUE_O0VE [1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oHlpmxLTxpw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oHlpmxLTxpw [2] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TheOkz8oF_I https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TheOkz8oF_I
- BobaFloutist 2y agoAs opposed to the beautiful car-free utopias found in suburbia and the countryside?
- simgt 2y agoSuburbia is absolutely part of the problem
- CamperBob2 2y agoIt's a shame you weren't consulted, I suppose.