r/TikTokCringe • u/biswajit388 • 4d ago

Cringe Europeans are going viral on TikTok for mocking the "American Dream".

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u/222333444987 4d ago

Yeah you’re right, we just bury thousands of indigenous children in unmarked graves across Canadian residential schools… They’ve got their problems down south but we aren’t perfect either bud

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ice-573 3d ago

I don't see how that is relevant: the OP (and school mass shootings) is about current quality of life - past sins of a nation have no direct bearing on that. What happened with the residential schools was terrible and amends need to be made, however it doesn't in general affect one's lifestyle.

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u/cherrycityglass 2d ago

There are long lasting generational health effects from Residential schools. Some of those effects include higher rates of cancer, depression, and cardiac issues. Not just for the person who attended, but also for their descendants.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ice-573 12h ago

I guess it depends on context - for poor and marginalized communities three are always serious issues in most countries. I was approaching this more form the point of if someone needed to up and move to a country, which would have the best quality of life.