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mickdeb t1_j5er49j wrote

I the recent months, i came to the realisation that Europe can be really advanced by certain places and be the worlds dumo in other...

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infodawg OP t1_j5eryoc wrote

Like any other place on the planet, really. This is why it was so offensive when Trump referred to developing countries as "shitholes", it was a horrible insult, and completely hypocritical given the problems faced in the United States. Wholesale pilfering of public land by the oligarchs, for example, mining, timber, grazing, theft of resources, undrinkable water supplies in some places, crumbling bridges and roadways, the homeless sleeping in camps on the street corners of hallowed cities.

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mickdeb t1_j5eswzv wrote

Yes, even here in Quebec, Canada we have places where it really is a different world. It just feels out of place to see these thing happens but at the same time education is not the same everywhere, even in the same country

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oodelay t1_j5eywh6 wrote

St-Donat and l'Anse-a-Brillant are very different, I agree.

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RefrigeratorSmart881 t1_j5gm6z7 wrote

The us is bad but other place are far worse.

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infodawg OP t1_j5gsyi3 wrote

Not so sure about that. I've lived both realities. It's a tough call to make. yes in some ways the USA is better. In other ways, no.

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mickdeb t1_j5h1202 wrote

So it is the west fault ?

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Moistspongeman t1_j5h2i5y wrote

As a person from former yugoslavia, people like that guy will 1. Never move on past 1990s 2. Blame their problems on West.

I'll throw in a bet they are from Serbia

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