• khannie@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Lol. It is, in fact, the bootstraps. You were right all along.

    Edit: I know we’re having a laugh here but that whole bootstraps thing does seem very harsh from the outside. Like I’ve spent a lot of time in the US (more than 6 months over the course of my life over various trips) and I’m genuinely very fond of the place, but the whole lack of social support structure does seem kinda ruthless from the outside looking in.

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      15 days ago

      the whole lack of social support structure does seem kinda ruthless from the outside looking in.

      It absolutely, depressingly, and soul crushingly is. Send help. Better still: ask your governments to grant US citizens asylum. I’m ok with leaving these sado-masochists to ouroboros themselves.