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the "look around, you don't have it so bad" is the same argument I'd be using if I was a Goldman Sachs millionaire hedge-fund manager who didn't pay a dime in taxes, and who still has a job because the government (who you elected) just gave me a handout of millions, paid for by your taxes, to basically just keep doing the same thing that caused the economy and job market to tank in the first place.
Apex fallacy. People still keep looking up at the wealthy and aspire to be just like them, while completely ignoring the considerably worse-off lower classes. People rage at the rich, but their desire to be just like them eventually show their true colors. It is like the hypergamous nature of women. They complain about CEOs, doctors, lawyers, engineers, and all other professions at the upper echelons of society as being male-dominated and complain about gender discrmination, etc., while completely ignoring the fact that men are both at the top and bottom of society. Who commits more suicides? Who makes up the majority of prison populations? Who are the majority of homeless people? Who live shorter lives? Who die more in work-related deaths in dirty, dangerous jobs? The answer to all of these questions is men.
Oh, I never wrote anything about defending the corrupt elite and their theft. By now, everyone basically knows how far corruption have caused the elite to prosper. I was merely pointing out the advantages that are afforded to people who live in the west as compared to other parts of the globe. Immigrants in America tend to do very well here from personal experience. Especially, African, Indian, and Asian immigrants.
America is far from a perfect country. It is what you make it. Both the good and the bad. Every country has some sort of corruption. It is ludicrous to think otherwise.
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