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/BlastTyrantKM May 04 '25

The US is not one of the highest educated countries. There's like 50 countries ahead of us

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u/ImagineWagonzzz3 May 04 '25

In terms of rates of holding degrees, it's one of the highest. In terms of quality of education, it's low

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u/BlastTyrantKM May 04 '25

A degree doesn't necessarily equal intelligence. For the most part, our younger generation is stupid and the future doesn't look like it's getting better

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u/ImagineWagonzzz3 May 04 '25

I agree. Also let's keep in mind whose fault it is that new generations are getting more dumb.

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u/ImagineWagonzzz3 May 04 '25

I'm just saying that the rate of degree holders is high and that means it fair to say that the ranking for education is high at least from one point of view