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by mruts 2532 days ago
As a person who actually lives in a 3rd world country and grew up in America, what you’re saying could not be more false. Even the poorest Americans live a life here that would be considered one of great luxury. We’re talking about living on a dirt floor in collapsing mud houses. We’re talking about babies dying from dirty water as a regular occurrence. No running water, intermittent electricity and definitely no sewage. Most people here haven’t eaten meat in months, occasionally years.

If you actually think America is a 3rd world country you need to get out more.
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ForHackernews 2532 days ago
Americans in Flint, MI have poisonous water, and hookworm is on the rise from sewage contaminated water in Alabama.[0] In 2017, millions of Americans went without electricity or running water for months.[1]

> If you actually think America is a 3rd world country you need to get out more.

I said it's becoming a 3rd world country. There's still some legacy 20th century infrastructure that hasn't collapsed, yet.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/05/hookworm-low...

[1] https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/25/16362410/hurricane-maria-...

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ataturk 2532 days ago
Not sure why the downvote when it is abundantly clear that in every corner of the USA there is this general trend towards decay with very little offsetting it. All our infrastructure is falling apart. I blame the pension crisis. All available monies are going towards pension obligations. Not much is left over for anything else.
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ForHackernews 2532 days ago
All your comments are marked [dead] and hidden. I've 'vouch'ed for this one because there seems to be nothing obviously wrong with it (and selfishly because it agrees with me).

Have you been shadowbanned?

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