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by systemvoltage
1546 days ago
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> What I do see is a relentless, frequently unrealistic optimism that both diverts people from taking coherent political change seriously and also empowers them to believe that their lives will be better tomorrow than today. I disagree with your premises. I love the way things are. I do not agree with current progressive agenda, I stand by the old liberal values. > I should perhaps note that I did "make it" here in the USA. Sorry about your situation. I am an immigrant that came from a place I never want to go back, this land has given everything I asked for in return of honest, good day's work. Most importantly, I enjoy the freedoms that other nations do not grant. |
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I think you misread what I said. If you look back up up the thread, you'll find there is absolutely no reason to pity my situation at all.
Sure, I got a LOT back from the USA, much more than anyone deserves really. And even without that stroke of good luck (sure, maybe it favored my prepared mind), a lot of people can live "like kings" in the USA compared to the life they would have led elsewhere.
But I do not believe that the suffering of those who lead much worse lives in the USA can justify my own comfort (or that of anyone else's). Nor the opposite. The fact that it is possible to succeed here in ways that might never have worked "back home" does not justify the oppression that continues to affect millions of Americans.