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And this is also why nobody is willing to actually rock the boat in the US. Everyone is too scared to lose what they have, our employers have us by the balls for our paychecks and healthcare, the banks have you by the balls because of debt and if you own a home and lose your job you could lose the home too.
The US has been turned into a giant company town. As soon as you get paid the money gets taken away.
Everything has been designed to extract the maximum money from people. From all the middlemen stealing convenience fees to subscription services to your increased medical premiums.
This is MORE of a reason to disrupt, get violent, and get destructive, not less
But this argument always sounds so weird to me.
All throughout human history, in every part of the world, there have been revolutions, uprisings, riots, strikes and protests, not despite terrible living conditions, but because of them. Or do you imagine all these people had job security, great quality healthcare and public safety nets? Of course they didn't, because then they wouldn't have had to rise up.
Only in America are the bad conditions used as an excuse not to act.
yeah but all throughout human history, people have had meaningful human connections to each other. meanwhile, in the western world today, it feels like you can be accused of sexual harassment for looking at somebody too long.
Well, you just outed yourself as a part of the problem
If you're constantly being accused of being a creep, I'm going to go with the simple answer
You're a creep
It's amazing how I've never had this problem, and have many meaningful connections with all sorts of people
i'm going to go with the simple answer
"I've never had this problem" sounds a lot like "it works on my machine". or "there's not a police problem because i've never been targeted". it really just means that you're part of the favored part of society with favored traits and characteristics.
I'm a little confused. Are you saying people are not rioting because they're scared of being accused of sexual harassment? Or do you think that sexual harassment used to be seen as something harmless and 'meaningful?'
Do you believe that people would be more likely to act if sexual harassment was (still) accepted? I guess I just don't get your point.
It's horrific, and my heart goes out to the people in the US who genuinely deserve better