re: Are you in the 1% club?

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This. Our politicians are constantly telling people how bad it is here, but we are far and away the richest country in the world. And it's there for anybody. In other countries, you CANNOT move up. Everyone still has the opportunity here. Some roads are rougher than others, but instead of bitching and whining, people should just shut the frick up and go EARN it.

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I've lived in several other countries including a few in the 3rd world and I could not agree more. Things like roads, nutrition, basic sanitation and basic human rights don't exist in vast parts of the 3rd world. I'm talking living in a shack with no running water, electricity, fridge, bathrooms, cooking facilities etc. The equivalent of this in the US is living in a bad neighborhood on social security, driving a beat up car and not having enough resources to afford cable. You still get enough to eat, a roof over your head, clean water, and the opportunity to get out of this hell.

It's actually hard to explain until you actually see the poverty for yourself. It will change you.