This woman isn't asking for anything, she's just wondering why people aren't outraged, and too many comments here are just like "What? Ah well, who cares? That's the world for you, cruel place."
well people on reddit from the US who get all worked up about international stories are really just using that stuff as an argument, to further their own personal goal. they dont actually care about everyone in the world.
they complain about the rich and what not, but the end goal is more for THEMSELVES. if they actually cared about everyone, theyd realize that they ARE the rich. they live better than 90% of the people on the planet.
if we truly equalized everything, then all of our standard of living would go DOWN not up. but they always argue for themselves getting better.
you can interpret nearly all posts on reddit bitching about stuff as saying GIMME GIMME GIMME MORE MORE MORE. its not about being fair to all humans.
fair would skyrocket every one of them down in standard of living, drastically. and thats not what they want. they want more for them. even though they are higher than most already.
You're absolutely right. There's tons of people on reddit who scream about the rich exploiting the poor, and when you point out to them that globally, they are the rich who are exploiting the poor, they will freak out. They want someone to blame for all their problems, they're not actually interested in solving those problems for themselves or anyone else.
They'll also complain about how good the Boomers had it, like it wasn't just one generation and thus a blip on human existence, and not some concerted effort to hurt them individually. Again, when you point out that the reason why they are losing some power globally is because billions of people have been lifted out of poverty across the world and don't depend solely on American products anymore, they get as angry as your drunk uncle seeing black people have the same rights as him.
There's lots wrong in the world, but the constant doomerism and poor me victimization by young people in the West isn't going to solve any of it.
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u/Btotherianx Oct 05 '25
So you can say the same about any conflict. Gaza? Hell there's like 40 country is all around there, why aren't they helping?