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I think this basically sums it up pretty well. I feel like this might not be something very debatable after all because it’s honestly just a matter of relativity…
This isn’t just a problem with Americans, hell it’s a problem over here too where people who have arguably amazing lives still end up complaining a ton. It’s something I’ve ended up growing insensitive towards generally. Of course, complaining isn’t all that bad because it does lead to change.
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This feels like an issue of relativity.
I'd rather be poor in the USA than in North Korea. I'd rather be poor in Germany or the UK than in the USA.
But if you look at the middle classes and up then the standard of living in the USA gets very high. And then, if we're talking personally, you have to balance that against specific things you value. The states vary a lot but the insanely low level of things like holiday and sick pay, or worker protections in general, aren't things I like the sound of at all.
If someone's an average American then obviously relative to parts of the world that are struggling for clean drinking water then they're doing bloody amazing. If one of them looks over to Western Europe and goes "They get how many days of paid holiday!?!?" then I'm not going to blame them at all for thinking they're getting exploited.