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[–] jeremy_sylvis@midwest.social 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Oh, cool - we're pretending there are no other differences between the countries listed, e.g. healthcare, social safety nets, etc. that may or may not have been shown to be an unavoidable majority of the underlying issues.

Gotta enjoy the meme circlejerk though, eh?

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

From the article...

If we explain this problem as pure evil or other labels like terrorist attack or hate crime, we feel better because it makes it seem like we’ve found the motive and solved the puzzle. But we haven’t solved anything. We’ve just explained the problem away.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

From other comments, healthcare and mental health resolutions are no picnic in the other listed countries either. Some places handle it a bit better, but the US is not alone in abusing its sick.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern 0 points 1 year ago

What, you don't love neolibs arguing that they need to disarm the masses they've kept in squalor?

Because it's the only moral thing to do, obviously.