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CrackityJones75

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40. That somehow excuses the state of things?

Sun Apr 11, 2021, 08:30 PM

Apr 2021

That people from terrible conditions are showing up at the door of the people that largely have created and contributed to those conditions point to the idea that we are good? We exploit the shit out if these people. We always have. That is the truth of this country. That we have amassed almost all the power and wealth of this country on the back of the oppressed and the exploitation around the globe.

Yeah we are great! Rah rah rah!

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"Who's going to pay for it?" [View all] kpete Apr 2021 OP

Everything for profit. CrispyQ Apr 2021 #1

We are dispensable peons malaise Apr 2021 #44

So tired of overuse of 'failed state'. Bullshit. Amishman Apr 2021 #2

You are passionately wrong here... Moostache Apr 2021 #4

Bravo. area51 Apr 2021 #8

I can agree with most of that, but it still means we are close to a failed healthcare system Amishman Apr 2021 #10

Only if you are healthy and well off questionseverything Apr 2021 #33

Really? CrackityJones75 Apr 2021 #38

Just for the hell of it, I decided to look up the criteria for a failed state. Lets see how many... Lancero Apr 2021 #46

Uh no. Amishman Apr 2021 #47

'Where'd you get that list?' you ask, before posting a link to where I got that list. Lancero Apr 2021 #48

I edited with an example as you were replying but I'll expand a little more. Amishman Apr 2021 #49

Notice, I said opportunity... Lancero Apr 2021 #53

And yet hundreds of immigrants show up at our southern border every day Jose Garcia Apr 2021 #31

That somehow excuses the state of things? CrackityJones75 Apr 2021 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author TxGuitar Apr 2021 #51

Perhaps DENVERPOPS Apr 2021 #9

kompromat / compromised lookyhereyou Apr 2021 #30

Having watched DENVERPOPS Apr 2021 #32

+1000 smirkymonkey Apr 2021 #39

My late "not sister-in-law" was a rural letter carrier for the post office. Cerridwen Apr 2021 #13

Again. Troubled / flawed healthcare system does not equal failed state Amishman Apr 2021 #17

When you claim the US is a failed state madeup64 Apr 2021 #19

That's definitely part of it, plus despite our flaws I still have pride in this country Amishman Apr 2021 #29

Semantically speaking KT2000 Apr 2021 #27

That's your takeaway from this? Iggo Apr 2021 #20

Not failed per say.... paleotn Apr 2021 #25

Off-topic: We are closer to Yemen in at least another way. JusticeForAll Apr 2021 #45

I agree Progressive dog Apr 2021 #50

When I fell and broke my leg and ankle, I drove myself to the ER. Irish_Dem Apr 2021 #3

I believe we're paying for it already Generic Brad Apr 2021 #5

Same here; though not as distressing WestofDenver Apr 2021 #6

Heartbreaking! summer_in_TX Apr 2021 #18

Heartbreaking greed Traildogbob Apr 2021 #7

I find it DENVERPOPS Apr 2021 #11

I empathize with you................ DENVERPOPS Apr 2021 #34

Damn, so sorry Traildogbob Apr 2021 #37

Death by Spreadsheet. Tommymac Apr 2021 #12

Michael Moore's movie Sicko explains it all DeeDeeNY Apr 2021 #14

Our penal system, our press, our health care system Mr. Ected Apr 2021 #15

I think this is going to change ....Joe Biden & The Democrates Will Make It Change... Stuart G Apr 2021 #16

There's a "new" Billionaire every 17 minutes... Justice matters. Apr 2021 #21

The U.S is not even close to a fail state. Roc2020 Apr 2021 #22

Sounds like Somalia. paleotn Apr 2021 #24

Cue the mass bankruptcies... paleotn Apr 2021 #23

We are more like a 2nd or 3rd World country, but not a failed state. GETPLANING Apr 2021 #26

kpete..... Upthevibe Apr 2021 #28

I like the term "shit hole" country better than "failed state" kpete Apr 2021 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author kpete Apr 2021 #42

Americans already, every damn year, pay $7.8 TRILLION in taxes. They just don't get any of it back. ancianita Apr 2021 #35

Derrick Smith is a nurse, not a doctor. Mosby Apr 2021 #36

If anything, I think it is a "failING" state, not one that has already failed. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #43

The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town TxGuitar Apr 2021 #52