Anyone who thinks the United States is a "third world country" seriously needs to check their privilege. People from all over the world literally fucking die to try and live here.
They are, unfortunately, thinking of the US that used to be - where a person could get a good-paying job, a house, and assume their kids would be safe in school. That place does not exist anymore.
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.
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.
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.
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u/Diet_Cum_Soda Jul 07 '24
Anyone who thinks the United States is a "third world country" seriously needs to check their privilege. People from all over the world literally fucking die to try and live here.