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ITT: As per usual, Lemmy thinks living in conditions and condoning them are the same thing

That American exceptionalism is only describing the fact that America continues to have slaves when almost every other nation has banned it completely.

Americans are some of the most unintelligent people on earth

Not everything is awful in the US.

Lately I've heard a lot of Americans talk like their country is the worst place in the world. While you do have problems, being grateful for the positive things is also important.

Credit scores only exist in the US. Everywhere else just compares your income to your debt.

Edit: apparently there are several other countries with credit scoring systems. The more you know... The US system, at least, is still bullshit designed to stratify economic class not only individually but by gender and with generational impact.

Anybody on this platform already knows all the problems and how it can be better. Anyone preaching here hoping an American will read it and change are just wasting keystrokes.

We know it's bad. Unfortunately there's not much anyone of us here can do besides bitch and moan, or else we wouldn't be on Reddit Ultra.

That being said, German McDonald's have chicken wings and they're pretty amazing.

The gun rights y'all have?

Now, most people would tell you that Gun Control Works and that you should just do that and get less dead kids per month which is a generally good thing.

....... But here's another thing to consider. As long as you're allowed to purchase weapons for cheap and easy.

You do realise you can in fact do something about the assholes in your government and your oligarchies with those guns, right? That they can be used for more than just killing children?

Luigi Mangione seemed to get it.

We aren't in your timezones, so we're not going to join your Discords.

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Ok another thing people haven't really touched on is government restrictions on dangerous shit generally. I'm not just talking about guns, but also cars. When I was in the states I saw so many car accidents and bits of car on the road. That doesn't need to happen. It turns out that if you have proper driving tests and mandatory classes, people don't crash as much. Same with guns though. Owning a gun is fine if you learn how to properly use and store it.

Does “a foreign language” count?

That Europeans have running water

capitalism is actually the worst possible system

The level of uneducation in the US is a threat to the entire species. Most of Ylyour people are uneducated, fat and dangerous. After the last election, I have lost hope in the US as a collectivity, you deserve your unfair system because you chose it. You elected a convict rapist, fellon, racist, fat billionaire who doesn't pay taxes and tried to steal the election, your deserve to be treated the way you will be, you made a choice.

Americans invented neither the car not the computer.

Gun control works.

And OK maybe it doesn't solve the problem 100%, but it solves it 99%, and that's a lot of schoolkids that aren't dead any more. Look at any first world country for working examples; I'm in the UK, and yes we still have some gun violence, but it's a whole load less than it would have otherwise been.

And it's incredibly short sighted to reject any solution that doesn't solve a problem 100%. Partial solutions are good.

Your (as in Americans) Imperial system of Units & measurements is a big joke & you are a British colony & you have bad cars

In foreign countries, the people don't always speak English or "American" and shouldn't be expected to bow down to you.

The root of their problems is not political or politicians it's greedy capitalism. Arguably it's also the root of their morally ambiguous success.

Drastically reduction of guns WILL save your kids lives at school. But not "muh outdated rights from centuries ago".

Btw I'm not against guns, military and officers should have "easy" access to them.

MANY Americans aren't ready to hear these things. The rest of us are well-aware of them. We're glad that you're sharing your criticisms, and waiting for y'all to share with us how to implement your well-thought-out and practical, abiding solutions.

That most of the world would be better off with the collapse of US hegemony.

Usa was once founded by a bunch of outlaws and runaways and has never fundamentally changed since.

You need gun control. Your country isn’t that great. Youre loud and can come across as false.

Socialist policies are based (Hey I tried Okay)