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What’s it like in your country??
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America is great if you are rich, but even our rich people are very unhappy that they aren't richer, which is annoying and basically what drives all our problems.
I am in the top 15% in my country, and I see it all around me among my peers. People with tons of money and success who are just deeply unhappy they they don't have more of it. And if you claim you are happy with what you have in life, people hate you for it.
Every country is great if you are rich, though. Also, I'm very poor, live in the US, and I'm pretty darn happy. Lemmy is definitely not even close to having the same attitude as most of the US. lol
The doomscrollers here on Lemmy are crazy. lol
That's interesting to me, as I'd always assumed that if you were poor in the US you were kinda screwed. I'm in Scotland where it's basically impossible to be homeless unless you choose it, and if you're sick you'll get treated by the NHS. It still sucks to be poor here.
Social services differ drastically from state to state. It's possible to be happy and poor in a state run by the democrats. Probably not in a state run by republicans.
Honestly I don't know why people call this a country when basic shit isn't the same anywhere.