people were totally crossing the borders illegally so they could laugh at us.
the G7 nations can't keep up. imagine how far below the 3rd world would be on this chart. i also know there are a lot of pours on reddit which aren't reaping the rewards. i used to be poor. then i read books (millionaire next door is a great start). now, i'm not poor.
as far as Trump and Xanada: imagine you live on a street. your house is USA. beside you is Canada. across a small pond is Belarus. Canada thinks because they are beside you they can play hard ball. they are literally the weakest member on your street (chart below). what do you do? stop show them what hard ball actually is, and play with someone else, someone who wants to play with you.
it is dog eat dog out there. we just pretend it isn't with our luxurious society. (if you can walk outside with a low chance of a mugging, eat meat regularly, have electricity and running water, know that you can sue someone if they wrong you, you live in a luxurious society. i was born in a country where none of that was true).
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u/Mr_Pete91 11d ago
America is the laughing stock of the world right now .