• no surprises@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Paragraph by paragraph, it’s getting worse and worse. How can this happen in a first-world country?

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      1 year ago

      The US is a developing country by many metrics, mostly the ones that have to do with health, education and life expectancy.

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      1 year ago

      Please note that we declared ourselves a first world country. We’re not and never will be. At best, we’ve always been a backwater former European colony with an ego bigger than our landmass.

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      1 year ago

      What does being allied with the US during the cold War have to do with this?

      Edit: you guys, I UNDERSTAND what this means, I’m just trying to have some humor