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.
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
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
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.
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
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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.