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Originally Posted by Nichlemn
What does that have to do with anything I said?
Oh, I just love when there's a thread about 'class' in the US and someone brings in 'oh, but other countries tho!' as if they're really comparable. Lot of other factors(social/political/economic/cultural) are ignored when that train leaves the station. But somehow, they're completely linear in that if a poor person here moved there, they'd suddenly be rich. Um. no. That's not quite how it works. You don't get to just move one part of the population and compare. It's quite a bit more complex.
It also undermines the legitimate complaint of the less fortunate in the country we're talking about. Which, again, usually leads to, 'as long as they aren't eating dirt, they shouldn't complain.'
And btw...Sudan, or any other country for that matter--afaik, never made the claim of being the land of opportunity, championed meritocracy/social mobility and all the other 'merica! rhetoric bs. But somehow when that is called out, people go, 'oh, but other countries yo!'
You mentioned lack of education. I pointed out that broad education in the US has only been available for about 40-50 years, and there are still major problems with access(among other resources). Is it really fair to try and compare and dismiss the plight of those in the US to those in 3rd world countries? It's not exactly like we've cured that problem in our own country yet. What's the point of comparing if not to hand-wave away the problems of the less fortunate in the US?
You're right that the US is like a gated community. But not everyone in that community owns a house. Some are living in a shack (or a make-shift lean-to) by the stream and only allowed to come to the back doors of the kitchens for scraps(or just drink out of the hose in the back) because they're not allowed to drop a fishing line in the stream or plant their own garden. But hey, screw them..at least their within the gate.
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Originally Posted by wil318466
You can read all the books and concepts you want, it doesn't give you some deep understanding of life compared to others.
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Abolish education. Who needs it.
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