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Have you ever spoken to homeless people?
My job used to be driving them around and my mom's a social worker, so yeah. I have. Believe it or not, there are homeless people in Finland despite us having less of them and us not letting them starve en-masse on the streets, but don't shit yourself that Finns think like that. We got libertarians as well, thanks to all the libertarian BS Murica has pushed. I've got into a fight with a guy because he literally honestly genuinely meant that homelessness is a choice.
You prolly know how untrue that is?
Ah I see you've gone with the same "using 'literally' for emphasis instead of literally literally" tactic.
So there's no rich people in the US? Approximately 7-8.5% of Americans are literally literally millionaires, but "no-one makes it big".
And you stand by that statement, instead of admitting it's grotesque exaggeration?
Is it easier to win big if you get a "small loan of a million dollars"? Ofc it fucking is. Same shit works here. The dipshits who didn't understand jack shit in school but were born with gold spoons up their arses exist here just like in America.
There's much more a roof against becoming rich through labour. That was my original point. Same shit work's with schools. The reason I wasn't allowed to skip a class is because I'm not allowed to make the rich kids parents feel bad for having a kid who isn't as cognitively gifted. Can't be that poor people succeed!
But yeah, I was actually born into the upper-middle class. We're one of the more known families from my town. Very central during early and mid 1900's but then my grandpa died in the 90's and dad drank everything then died himself.
Mom and dad broke up because of it. I ended up having to change schools several times as mom moved around. You know how it's a meme parents want their kids to go to a good school? Well I was literally in one of the best schools in Finland and one of the best students there. Mom didn't give a second thought. Also I'm one of four siblings, so that divided her attention.
I moved away from my mom's at 15. Wbu?
Most of your experiences are still through media, even when your most impactful ones were in-person. I don't think I ever even implied otherwise. Reading comprehension my man. I know US has low literacy but still.
Just like we're mine. And if you think Finland doesn't have depraved drug abusers, I could write another 3 full comments showing how you're wrong, but prolly easier for you to watch this trailer of a documentary Reindeerspotting — Pako Joulumaasta (Escape from Santaland) . And those kids are still very healthy when they're filming. I've known people like that after they've come out of prison. One of my neighbours was a murderer. Then someone stole a half a k of meth from the basement cellar storage I also had a key to. And he knew it. And was methed up.
But even he isn't the most depraved by miles.
Just because our druggies to hang out in the streets, you keep on insisting we don't have any.
You're literally just comparing and comparing, when I keep telling you you can't, because don't know anything about Finland. But I can compare them, because I know about Finland for living here, and I hear about the US because western media. You don't hear about Finland. That's just what the facts are.
This is why I keep saying you don't understand.
What the fuck do you mean you got a job driving homeless people around????
You don't understand how alien a concept that is for us. Do you put them on buses and ship them to other cities? We have a program like that
Do you take them shopping? To some sort of social service? To medical appointments?
And you're like "oh, actually we have some homeless people too, just not as many"
That's the whole damn point! I want us to have less homeless people, so I'm looking at countries that have less homelessness! I didn't even consider a program to give them rides, but I can instantly see how that would be a good thing to have
You're a textbook case of why people laugh at American stupidity.
You literally don't understand empathy and no matter what ridiculous, factually wrong bullshit you say, you just... pretend you didn't. You say things, I prove they're wrong, I show you how much better I understand than you.
How many books do you read a year? Have you ever read a singles Chomsky? Zizek?
I'm guessing not.
Sinä olet se jolta yyttyy pummareusta, jiksi soudut Google temän täkstin ja topaeivöissä tietit mietenkin jiksi siinä nei äytä jälevän orkea.
I took them drinking. Because they're homeless drunks. You simply don't understand a single thing about Finland, yet I have a much better grasp of the US than the average citizen. Hell, I'm certain I'd get more US States right on a map than an average American.
You know, since you're brain damaged with lead almost to the point that the intellecttual divide between us is almost shorter than the divide between you and monkeys.
No, you didn't, because you're an average American, and you're actually 10 times dumber than you think..
I also notice you didn't answer where you were at 911. Prolly because you weren't born. I have more experience of the US than you, lol.
And you keep proving that sentiment right, again and again and again and again.