• DrunkenPirate@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    I can’t underwrite your „almost everyone is poor“ I’ve been in countries where families live in houses out of cardbox. Kids with just one leg. Girls being sold. In Europe is nobody poor! If you write this, it’s a slap in the face of the poor in the south.

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      9 months ago

      Textbook whataboutism.

      I can’t change what other countries fail to provide for their people, nor is it my responsibility as a random citizen. And it certainly has zero bearing on my economic outlook in Germany, do you want to tell me I should shut up and take it because random third world country #637 has issues with rape and murder?

      Bruh.

      • DrunkenPirate@feddit.de
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        9 months ago

        No, it’s about being honest and not shut out „almost everyone is poor“ in Germany. Wtf. Germany is one of the richest countries of the world

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        9 months ago

        Just like it not your responsibility what your neighbour has, what your parents had, or what your children will have.

        So, all that out of the way: what exactly is missing in your life - without looking around you. You talk about “making it big”, in your other post. What’s too small in your life? And how would something bigger make it better? A million in the bank? How would that make your life better? Would you eat more? Heat up your house to 69 °C just because you can? Buy a Bugatti? That will take you from point A to point B just like any other car, or a train.

        You refuse to compare our insanely high standard of living to the rest of the world. Why do you seem to compare it to the situation of others in Germany? Why do you care?

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          9 months ago

          Are you trying to defend our insane Income and wealth disparity, low social mobility?

          I am fairly well educated, but I will never be able to afford a house, or even a livable apartment, not to mention providing for a family. The only way that happens is if the economy collapses or systematic changes are enforced. Why should I not complain about that?