• boonhet@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    What’s up with the fact that y’all always compare your country to the third world to make it look better, rather than comparing it to other developed nations?

    In fact, even in most 3rd world countries, being poor isn’t penalized as much as in the US because you can’t be hit with random six figure medical bills

    • coffeekomrade@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      What about comparing it to the UK which has similar problems to the US? barring medical but then again the Tory party are trying to privatize the NHS so not far off