• @stembolts@programming.dev
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    -12 days ago

    And is that a good standard, a bad standard, or neutral?

    Like, no one in a great situation goes, “Well at least I’m not…” That’s the type of thing one says when they are trying to cope with a poor situation.

    And I’d also argue that the dead minorities would disagree with your assessment, give that they are… dead.

    • blaue_Fledermaus
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      -182 days ago

      Yes, it’s terrible.

      But living even a little bit in the USA and dying is still a better situation than most of the planet.

      • @stembolts@programming.dev
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        22 days ago

        I don’t disagree, my only addition is that we should set our standards higher than that. We went from generations of “We’re the best!” (whether true or not) to “Well we aren’t the worst…”

        I just wish more people could notice the slow changes like that which I think are indicative of a need for systemic change.

        But yeah, while I don’t endorse your message, you aren’t wrong.

        • blaue_Fledermaus
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          12 days ago

          Yes. I also don’t want to say that because there’s worse in other places that the US problems aren’t legitimate.