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[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The American mentality of 'Yeah its bad, but it could be worse" or "Yeah this sucks but at least or sucks more for someone else"

It solves nothing, as long as there are people doing worse than you. Maybe this is why they are trying so hard to mess up the lives of people who already are messed up

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

"Yeah, you're getting fucked over on a regular basis, but at least you're not a ~insert patsy demographic here~"

[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have a hard time believing "could be worse" is a uniquely American thought.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world -3 points 1 week ago

It's not, but it's a trademark, often used to excuse selfish behaviour in the US.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Out of all the many negative cultural affectations of Americans, trying to pin the extremely common across cultures of "It could be worse" as uniquely or exceptionally American is fucking bizarre.