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u/Specialist_Height707 1d ago
the sad thing is this is true regardless of if you're living in the US or not
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u/za72 1d ago
we've had one financial crisis yes but what about second crisis?!
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u/CidAndroid 1d ago
But especially when you're living in the us. Fucking hell did it became unattractive to visit.
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u/icchantika_of_mara 1d ago
I think the foreign victims of US imperialism are having a tougher time than those living in the US, but yes the majority of the domestic population is definitely getting squeezed harder every day
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u/i3njqUL92M 1d ago
Australia is doing just fine, thanks 😎. The trick is to disassociate yourself from traitorous scumbags.
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u/Demistr 1d ago
Wdym especially. Pretty sure people in Ukraine or Iran have it way harder than you.
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u/CidAndroid 1d ago
For sure. I'm not from the us or those countries, so you're absolutely right that other people have it much harder.
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u/Weak-Bus5585 1d ago
I hate this argument.
And people in Ukraine and Iran have it better than a child being trafficked in the depths of a mine somewhere.
Someone, somewhere, always has it worse than X.
Rant over.
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u/Specialist_Height707 1d ago
buddy, do you think i have any say or hand in anything that happens in the world?
even if i can magically take down the corrupt ones in my country. your politicians and companie′s CEO′s are gonna do anything to keep us even more miserable than their citizens so nothing threaten their interests and goals
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u/Lycan230 1d ago
Better stick to using the head between your legs to fuck people bud
Its clear you cant use the other one
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u/JamesBaxxterTheHorse staunch marxist 1d ago
Wow the world must look very simple in your head brother.
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u/SomeGuyOverYonder 1d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/l2JecCgBmBZKjmXiU
Meanwhile, the U.S. Government is like…
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u/Que_sax23 1d ago
Pretty much
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u/thefinalcutdown 1d ago
Sorry Boomer, but this ain’t LinkedIn.
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u/Reasonable_Trash_901 1d ago
It's like that one HydraulicBeanbag video: "Here's ten things my divorce taught me about resilience, hard-workship and upskilling! Sparkle emoji!"... Except there's no whimsy cone-headed guy, but rather someone believing that working harder when work conditions are deplorable at best and downright slave-like at worst is the right call.
Spoiler: No, no it isn't. 'Creating your own wins by working' is what brought the u.s. in the current conditions.
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u/thefinalcutdown 1d ago
I’m doing just fine at life, thanks for asking. My condolences on your severe case of early onset boomerism though.
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u/brughJusLikeMud 1d ago
You are right, the 1% is working a little at most and "succeeding" to take even more from regular people
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u/raventhrowaway666 1d ago
It sucks, I just want to be happy and be left alone.
The government: NOPE
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u/CheckeredZeebrah 1d ago
I wish it worked that way but politics comes for us all. So does greed.
Without protection from greed, we become it's victims.
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u/notoolinthispool 1d ago
-the government
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u/notoolinthispool 1d ago
Survivor bias and meritocracy- the idea that individual success is proof the system is equally open to everyone, versus the reality that personal effort interacts with vastly different starting points, luck, and systemic hurdles.
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u/Springheeljac 1d ago
Yeah I would bet having your misinformation corrected every time you post it would become predictable. Maybe you should reflect on why that is.
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u/NVincarnate 1d ago
How much do they pay you to run a bot that says incomprehensibly stupid shit on the internet?
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u/ApaniPro 1d ago
I’m from small country in Europe. Basically all of our economy is dependent on EU and USA. We have higher prices as Americans, we earn less then Western European and work as Asians.
This summer our ceo (mother company is in USA) made a deal with few customers and promised stuff. Long story short after clocking in nearly 500 hours of work in August and September, I made just enough to pay the bills and save 50€. Last night somebody drunk crashed into my car on electric scooter. Now I have to pay 400€ for repairs (have 700€ to my name) bcs some special part is overpriced due to main factory closing. They don’t have enough work bcs India and china have cheaper labour.
God I am tired.
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u/realityguy1 1d ago
He has to be the most hated man in history.
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u/No_Education_8888 1d ago
You say that until you run out of fresh water or one of your family member dies because there are no regulations on your food
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u/sureokright 1d ago
What’s your highest level of education? I’m just curious.
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u/JorkTheGripper 1d ago
He's fucking with you, how is that not obvious?
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u/sureokright 1d ago
There’s people who genuinely support that guy. I’m trying to better understand.
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u/JorkTheGripper 1d ago
You could stand to be a little more subtle. There's an art to this you have yet to master, and I wouldn't count the reactions from hardcore redditors as a win because they're easy to rile up.
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u/JorkTheGripper 1d ago
You do a little better than the other guy, you two should link up and pick each others minds.
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u/Leviathancurse 1d ago
Every millennial right now
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u/Que_sax23 1d ago
That’s me. Just turned 41 last weekend. We just live like this now and forever
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u/Iokua113 1d ago
That'll be me in a couple weeks. I'm not American, but the morons who run the province just decided to try and seize the advantage of the disruption of the BC Conservatives to try and get more seats so they called an election two years early. They're considerably behind in multiple polls and the dislike for the party leader is quickly reaching toxic levels. The election is the day after my 41st birthday and it is going to ruin the lives of a lot of people.
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u/Acceptable-Ninja-151 1d ago
41 here. We're like in the last season of Star Trek Voyager where people are resigned to making the ship home because this is just life now.
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u/Theboiii24 1d ago
I think every movie or show that guy has been in is comedy. His work is always funny
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u/mighty_Ingvar 1d ago
white men
Trump is orange
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u/BilbulBalabel 1d ago
Red-hatted orange macaque. Species threatened with extinction... Which is a good thing.
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u/notfeelany 1d ago edited 1d ago
Even though covid was ravaging the nation, I felt more hopeful about the future now that Biden was in charge.
Joe Biden may have been unfairly derided "Sleepy Joe" but it's because we ALSO were sleeping soundly night while Joe Biden & Kamala Harris guided & saved this nation through the darkest days of the pandemic, and saved the economy. Yes, the Economist mag dubbed the US "the ENVY of the World" under Biden.
A President Harris admin or even a Biden 2.0 admin would have a veritable Paradise, compared to the state of absolute nonsense we're seeing right now in the US.
We failed Biden and Harris by not giving them a RIGHTFULLY earned second term, and in doing so failed ourselves
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u/WhichCantaloupe9746 1d ago
Here in Brazil after the US supporting Bolsonaro to get the rights to our mineral right on pennies on the dollar and prevents us from industrializing
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u/Brondoma 1d ago
Seriously. I got a promotion and an $18k raise a few months ago. It barely has made a difference in my life because everything is so expensive.
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u/LifeConsideration981 1d ago
How much credit card debt
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u/Brondoma 1d ago
Barely any. I have a car loan, rent, and a teenager though. Groceries and gas are ridiculous. I suppose if I chose to never leave home and eat Ramen every day then my salary increase might seem like more.
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u/silentsquiffy 1d ago
I was making $15k for the last decade and this year I broke $20k and might even get to 30. After being blindsided by life-changing medical events about six years ago, I'm finally managing my disabilities better and able to live independently. I have been doing the very definition of giving it my all to build myself up.
Anyway, my closest friend disappeared last year and I'm also transgender and living in the US, so fuck me I guess.
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u/DrTommyNotMD 1d ago
I assume your disabilities are what keeps you from working full time? I can’t find a job that pays less than 35k (full time) in my area really.
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u/Sweaty-Lynx421 1d ago
It's not just the financial issues. Trying to get my social life back together but the extreme polarization of everything is isolating and depressing, and that doesn't seem to be getting better.
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u/This_Fault_3345 1d ago
Might just be time to delete social media if you're letting the polarization slip into your social life
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u/cyberpunkundead 1d ago
Finally ready to recover from an eating disorder I've had for the past 20 years and I just can't see myself getting the help I need. sigh :(
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u/RosieBaby75 1d ago
Same with Canada.
First the federal government.
Now my college, or more specifically, Student Affairs and my Indigenous Studies instructor.
Now I might not be able to qualify for student loans anymore because my instructor won’t provide a disability accommodation for the temporary cognitive impairment Student Affairs caused and I may have to withdraw.
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u/4umlurker 1d ago
Don’t know if you’ve noticed but prices are up everywhere because of the US. This is not mutually exclusive to people living in the US.
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u/Say_Echelon 1d ago
I don’t understand why everyone’s gotta go around acting like others can just leave the country. Moving is expensive. Most other cultures won’t except you unless you speak the language first hand. Ain’t nobody got time to learn all that
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u/115machine 1d ago
Trump will die and be cold in the ground and the people saying this now will find some other thing to blame their deficiencies on.
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u/octorangutan 1d ago
Trump is not a pharaoh; when he eventually passes away, it's not like all of his corrupt, sycophantic toadies get buried with him.
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u/Random_Smellmen 1d ago
Oh wow I saved a couple bucks. Good on me!
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