• Pyr@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    I would thunk a good portion of you have a good standard of living but quite possibly a majority basically live in 3rd world poverty conditions and constant debt, stress, and exposure to violence.

    There’s just enough Americans living in decent to good conditions to make it look like the American dream is alive, since the cameras don’t focus on the less fortunate.

    • fishy@lemmy.today
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      2 days ago

      I’ve traveled all over and have seen the poverty of South America and Africa first hand. I would much rather be poor in America than there.