I wonder if the author ever looked at the local news while in Baja. The experience from an American tourist will be incredibly different from an average Mexican.
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#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not likely, but it happens all the time . It's the only country where it does. And you get things like lockdown drills, kevlar backpacks, and armed teachers as a result. Even if most kids don't experience a school shooting, they still get traumatized from having to think about this stuff from an early age. Hellish.
Schools in the UK now have lockdown drills.
Ah, must be those famous cultural exports.
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#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
The author is beaming about Mexico where the obesity rate is on par with the US. The US rank 9th in terms of tertiary education in the world, so no, not "average'. And even average wouldn't translate to "uneducated".
tertiary education is just one metric. And yes Mexico is #1 obesity but that doesn't mean that the US being #2 is good. We are horribly overweight compared to Europe and Asia.
What are the other metrics? What metrics did you use to make your statement?
Dude, don't play the "moving the goal posts" game please, this is not X/Twitter. The guy is creaming his pants over Mexico and he calls Americans fat.
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#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
Completely agree. I've lived - as in truly "lived", having a job, staying at least a full year, and having to do "real life things" - in 3 different countries before coming to the US and Americans are exactly like you said. I always have to laugh at people who form an opinion on other countries based on their "2 week vacation" there.
Both versions of America exist. It’s a massive country with very different social environments throughout. Even driving 15 minutes from one side of a city to another can completely change the vibe from basically heaven to hell.
And for the ultimate twist: the "both version" thing works for every single country! Damn! Nobody saw that coming!
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#125>We don’t care for our children, our elderly, or our communities This to me is the nub of it. Where is our humanity when people lie homeless and lifeless in stupor on the streets as Waymos glide by? Some countries do better. Many don't. But we should always seek to model off those that put welfare of all people above welfare of one.
> Where is our humanity when people lie homeless and lifeless in stupor on the streets as Waymos glide by? We've decided that those people have agency, and are not willing to force them into a facility against their will. You can disagree with it, but that's the current choice the nation has made and it's not an invalid one. Also, most people do care for their children, elderly, and communities. The US is not a faile…
> No thanks.
How come? Is that not a more compassionate way to live?
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#126> I think a part of it is the individualism we’re raised to embrace. > We don’t care for our children, our elderly, or our communities. It’s all me me me. How do I get mine and fuck the other guy. Capitalism, I'm looking at you.
Right, because socialist and communist states were shining beacons of morality, compassion, and abundance.
Did it ever occur to you there's shades between black and white?
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#127Earlier quoted context omitted.
Right, because socialist and communist states were shining beacons of morality, compassion, and abundance.
Did it ever occur to you there's shades between black and white?
Of course. Did you mean to reply to the person who blamed capitalism for all of society’s woes without any conditions or qualifiers?
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#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Where is our humanity when people lie homeless and lifeless in stupor on the streets as Waymos glide by? We've decided that those people have agency, and are not willing to force them into a facility against their will. You can disagree with it, but that's the current choice the nation has made and it's not an invalid one. Also, most people do care for their children, elderly, and communities. The US is not a faile…
> No thanks. How come? Is that not a more compassionate way to live?
No, that’s the rationalization used by basically every collectivist state to compel individual sacrifice when convenient or desirable.
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#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ontario -> DFW a bunch, San Diego, Bay Area, NYC, Boston, Buffalo, Nashville, Orlando, Atlanta, Numerous rural nowheres in Wisconsin (it's a long story), DC. Just what comes to the top of my head that I've visited as an adult for longer than a week. Admittedly I haven't been in a few years. Maybe things have been getting much better there!
It's odd that you've spent so much time in the US and have no idea what life is like here, but feel free to hold whatever opinion you like.
That's a great comment - you couldn't make it up. It's the perfect illustration of the blog post.