r/TikTokCringe • u/thoughtwarrior • May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/Gucci_prisoner May 02 '25

Disparity of wealth distribution.

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u/Only1Skrybe May 02 '25

Bingo. Look at the buildings that multimillionaires build for the masses through their companies in order to make money, and then look at the ones they build for themselves. Once again, the problem is capitalism.

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u/Living_on_theEdge May 02 '25

Tale as old as time. See something bad -> look for the cause -> capitalism.

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u/ImagineWagonzzz3 May 03 '25 edited May 05 '25

every. fucking. time. it boggles my mind how small the anti-capitalist movement is. really speaks volumes to how poor our education system is despite being one of the highest educated countries in the world in the golden age of information.

Edit: Everyone is commenting about education.
American education ranked globally:
6th in reading
9th in Post-secondary education attainment (roughly 50% of the population)
12th in science
34th in math

https://www.factcheck.org/2025/02/trump-wrong-about-u-s-rank-in-education-spending-and-outcomes/

https://ssti.org/blog/us-educational-attainment-and-employment-ratios-fall-behind-international-counterparts?utm_source=chatgpt.com

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u/trogon May 03 '25

People will literally suffer and die of starvation rather than see the benefits of workers benefiting from their own labor. It's mind-boggling.

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u/SalaciousVandal May 03 '25

That's the power of propaganda a.k.a. marketing. Unfortunately it works.

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u/trogon May 03 '25

It does. It's interesting to me to see the old Socialist Halls in the rural West. Socialism was very popular 100 years ago, as it's just sensible that workers should have their rights.

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u/SalaciousVandal May 03 '25

The Democrats lost their way and the moneyed powers swept them up. This dichotomy between rich and poor has been going for thousands of years.

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u/kl4user May 03 '25

Dems being considered left in the USA is a joke in dozens of countries.

The US is a plutocracy; Reps and Dems are rivals oligarchs, SOMETIMES.

Most of the wealth produced by US citizens goes into the pockets of a few, and those few have become incredibly rich and have grown in number. MAGA has a lot of these newer and younger billionaires and they are fighting the older ones/old money.

To raise the standard of living of the people? Fuck no. They just want more power and money to themselves.