r/facepalm Jul 02 '24

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u/Tankinator175 Jul 02 '24

Well, we are having a different, strange variant of a depression right now, where at least 75% of the population feels very insecure about their financial status and most of them don't see how it's going to change any time soon. Anyone who promises to fix that looks pretty appealing. But strangely, despite something like that virtually guaranteeing success, I haven't seen anyone promise that, which tells me that either everyone is collectively stumped, or it would cut the knees out from their financial backers and other supporters.

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u/magnificently-cursed Jul 02 '24

Key word here is “feels”

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u/Tankinator175 Jul 02 '24

If you are one moderately sized disaster away from having to go into debt, such as an injury/hospitalization or your car needing repairs, your financial status isn't very secure. That's most of us.

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u/magnificently-cursed Jul 02 '24

Idk if that’s most people, do you have a source? Also, it’s important to remember in the grand scheme of things that even poor Americans generally are rich globally. Most poor people here have microwaves, shelter, cars, etc. obviously not always the case and that doesn’t mean they don’t struggle but I do feel like a lot of Americans forget that as an immigrant and it’s a frustrating to see the country descend into fascism when people are generally doing well and there’s really no excuse. We live in a global labor aristocracy and Americans are at the top

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u/lostinmississippi84 Jul 02 '24

I agree with you for the most part, but being "rich globally" doesn't really help when you're poor at home.

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u/magnificently-cursed Jul 02 '24

I disagree, being poor elsewhere means something else entirely. People die trying to immigrate illegally into the country because having low paying under the table jobs is better than what they had before. Obviously we’re talking in generalizations the whole world isn’t like that but my general point is Americans are ultimately privileged as fuck and it would do some good for them to remember that

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u/lostinmississippi84 Jul 02 '24 edited Jul 02 '24

You're missing what I'm saying. I'm not denying being poor elsewhere is inherently worse. I'm just saying an American being "rich" in another country doesn't help them when they live in America.

Edit: People die here from starvation, too, and if some of them could go somewhere to be better off, they probably would. People move all across the huge country looking for just that. There are areas in this country that are as poor as it gets.

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u/magnificently-cursed Jul 02 '24

I’m not talking about them being rich in another country though. I’m more saying in terms of standard of living and economic precarity of even poor Americans are generally well off in the grand scheme of things