I’d have more privilege most places actually. In Europe there’s many places I could live where I could do anything I’d ever want. I don’t care about privilege other than earned privilege.
by almost all measures americans are materially worse off now than they were 40 years ago, inequality is higher, wealth accumulation among middle class and down has declined (even moreso among minority groups), social mobility has declined dramatically, debt has never been higher while also being required to even grab the bottom rung of social mobility, younger generations have worse outlooks than their parents, on and on. there's been some small material step forwards but they've been countered by dramatic regression on others (small healthcare expansion, but then dramatic social welfare destruction so overall health outcomes aren't better as just one example).
white people are so fucking mad on twitter that fuck the fourth is trending talking about they’ll buy us plane tickets to other countries. i think it’s lost on them that if a lot of people could get a plane ticket and guaranteed citizenship in another country they WOULD leave i know i would today tbh i fucking hate living here and everything it stands for
and yes the american dream is a myth, i can predict with near certainty your income based on your parents or the zip code you were born in. obviously there's exceptions that hit the lottery but our social mobility is near bottom among peer countries. you are born into the economic caste you'll likely die in.
Right, I think it’s always been expected that we would just muscle ourselves through a pandemic and just attribute it to “the American work ethic, RIP to the fallen heroes who died”. Meanwhile elected officials will turn the memory of preventable deaths to some form of quasi-martyrdom while we demand people live back to “normal” or starve like it’s totally asinine that we are trying to continue sports right now
So my Indian buddy Kumar that came over here on a fucking boat packed with immigrants with no money to his name didn’t have endless opportunity? He now owns four hotels and twenty or so gas stations. When he got here he lived on the floor of a gas station he worked at while saving money to open his first store. It takes work not handouts but the opportunity is endless here. Clemson’s first soccer coach that won two national championships immigrated here with absolutely nothing but what was on his back. Ibrahim was my club coach. When he died he owned the two best Clemson stores, eight apartment complexes, tons of land, and more than a dozen ferraris including 2 F40s. You can look up articles about his wife racing Ferraris. I know quite a few immigrants who came here for the endless opportunity and took great advantage of it
Thank you for sharing your viewpoint on this topic. I’ll have to hear more to be convinced 1980 was better than 2020.
but seriously this 4th is probably the most encouraged I’ve felt just based on the fact that it’s finally an election year, but I still wouldn’t say I feel “good” about this place
I will say, even though I have no interest in patriotism anymore, even my cold dead heart can be stirred a bit by these words: - Thomas Jefferson Whitmore, President of the United States of America
-college was affordable -upward mobility was a real thing -the war on drugs had yet to completely ravage the country
its not all or nothing, there have been many cultural and social gains regarding things like gay rights, but then again we've gone backwards on voting rights, etc. but theres endless charts showing the economic situation of the average american was much better decades ago
Telling “I have a successful immigrant friend” stories probably doesn’t work that well when you’re supporting a guy building border walls, caging babies, and shutting down visa programs.
Get out of here with this bullshit, he earned the ones he sucked on while being in jail after his dui.
Being proud to be an American is like having white pride, of black pride, or anything you have literally no control over. I get the idea of “pride marches”...but I’ve always thought they should use a different word than pride. gay, black, American...you were born into that. Be proud that you’ve fought for equality if you’re one of the former things...but just being proud to be one of them has always been weird to me. Be proud of surviving growing up black in America, being the firs person in your family to go to college, proud of the people that raised you for fighting through poverty to give you a chance, etc. all of that is something you or the people directly around you had an effect on. Strange rant, sorry.
my immigrant buddies came here legally and I didn’t vote for Trump last time and won’t this time. Can’t bring myself to vote for the extreme racist Biden either so I’m voting for the libertarian lady.
you can’t be this dumb, you don’t see that the odds are stacked? sure one out of a million will make it out but the vast majority that were born poor will stay poor
It's funny reading this because the only people who get the benefits of what's "right with America" are white.
with that attitude sure. It’s why the only time I’ve ever had white pride has been at the blm protests of all places. Seeing all the white people coming out to support and protest for better treatment for their fellow Americans that face oppression daily. Most whites either have money and are dicks or stuck at the bottom trying nothing new and having zero ambition whining and moaning about how the system is why they’re stuck.
Let me ask you this Kylebw1 , what do you think would’ve happened to a black man without any ressources if he did the exact same thing that you did when you took the wheel while completely drunk and hit a parked police vehicle?
Billionaires get richer during a global pandemic meanwhile Kyle is finger wagging poor people for being lazy
libertarians being dumb mother fuckers who can’t grasp the fact that they’re about three steps away from full blown white supremacy isn’t a shock either
not strange. so for at least the black/gay ones, I think there’s something beautiful in being proud to live in an era where you can be that minority without risking death or harm. Wasn’t that long ago gay bars were getting broken up by the cops, or laws were passed prohibiting black jazz clubs from allowing dancing
That is so spot on, it’s like they know it deep down but they lie to themselves to clear their conscience. and I am guilty of that sometimes, I am not rich by any means but I always had something to fall on if I needed it.
my black buddy led them on a police chase, threw cocaine out the window, thought he lost them and pulled into Wendys to order some food. They blocked him in and arrested him. I hooked him up with my lawyer (he paid) and he didn’t serve any jail time. There’s payment plans for those that say most minorities/poor can’t afford a defense. The defense team is near the overall price of a guilty verdict. Around here as long as you don’t injure someone, have insurance covering the property damage, and hire a lawyer any race/sex/background can get out of any crime.
Good, I didn’t think you would respond so I gave you a like. I just hope this isn’t another one of your lies
Kyle legitimately thinks voting Republican is the way to expand the social safety net. I wouldn't pay him too much attention.