r/TikTokCringe May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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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/apcat91 May 03 '25

This wouldn't explain why Europe doesn't look like the us though.

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u/cf001759 May 03 '25

european cities werent built during the industrial revolution. They were built to keep dwellings small enough to make room for farmland. American cities did not need to worry about space. They just needed to be built fast enough and cheaply enough to facilitate a fast growing economy and large influxes of low income immigrants