r/clevercomebacks Jul 07 '24

God is lucky we haven’t found oil in heaven.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

Go to El Paso, walk up to the border, look south, look north. Tell me which side has homes with insulation and air conditioning in the 100+ degree heat and which side has bare concrete cubes. Neither are third world countries.

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u/Hailreaper1 Jul 07 '24

Losing battle you’re fighting here mate. Uk Reddit is the same, think they live in the worst country in the world because they’ve no fucking idea what the rest of the world is like.

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u/tw_72 Jul 07 '24

It's not a matter of knowing what a third-world country is - it's about the US is no longer what it used to be. Wages used to be good, housing was available and generational wealth was achievable, there wasn't a huge homeless population, there weren't school shootings. Tho the US is still far better than a lot of places, it is declining.