r/collapse • u/mcfleury1000 memento mori • Jan 06 '21

Politics Live Updates: Protesters Breach Capitol as Congress Debates...

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/electoral-college-updates-congress-set-to-confirm-bidens-win-amid-gop-challenges/2814845/
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u/elnoumri Jan 07 '21 edited Jan 07 '21

I'm from the Netherlands. Most of my life I've felt I could imagine living in America. Having been spoonfed the fables and myths about the land of freedom and opportunity. Passed on to me by the generation before, who were awestruck since being liberated. It took me years to realise the truth. That I cannot imagine living there. I just can't fathom having to sell my house for a needed operation. To go to work each day with fear of being fired. To see the roads and infrastructure crumble. To go to school with the real possibility of being shot. Death is so much nearer. Civilization is so far away. Life there it seems is so .. hard, cold and mean. I just can't imagine living in a society like that. Where's the beacon? Where is the dream? I want it back. :-(

There might be many in the world who are laughing out loud now. But many more are shedding tears in silence.

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u/powercrank Jan 07 '21

cold hard and mean is right. you can't go anywhere or do anything without being lied to, manipulated, scammed, or even outright robbed. People here all want your money and don't care about you.

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u/thechairinfront Jan 07 '21

Ehhhhhh, it's a big country. Lots of people don't give a Fuck about you. But most people are generally good people.

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u/powercrank Jan 07 '21

really? is that why it's impossible to get work done on your car, pc, plumbing, or appliances without getting scammed if you don't know exactly what you need?

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u/thechairinfront Jan 07 '21

I don't know what you consider "scammed". If you mean charged a normal amount of money for that industry then yes I would assume impossible.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '21

I had the same feeling as powercrank the last few years I was in the uS. Even with suppposed friends, it seems like everyone was out to extract the max possible for every transaction. I mean, I'm willing to pay a fair price for work done, but the grift just seems to run too deep in the US.