Saddam has nukes. The economy is going to collapse unless we give the banks $500 billion. You don't need to worry about surveillance if you have nothing to hide. Two weeks to flatten the curve. Inflation is transitory. etc.
It's more of a brand name for debatable privileges than a descriptor at this point. Spent a month in Vietnam a couple years ago. It was a terrible little place, a lot like India, but the humidity was stifling the entire time I was there. What I noticed though was that the population lived more freely in it's daily expression of living than any American I've ever seen. Certainly moreso than myself. America is perhaps one of the most privileged, least free societies I can possibly imagine. There are no such thing as rights; they were a European invention meant for European peoples in European societies - and they didn't work.
I liked Vietnam, but I did only visit Saigon. Agree with you re the freedom out that neck of the woods though, it was even more noticeable in Cambodia, and the Vietnamese are loaded compared to the genuinely impoverished Cambodians. I wonder if it’s related to what you have to lose - are we socially compelled to ‘keep up appearances’ in order to protect our meagre property and position, while those with nothing to lose have nothing to really fear? They do also just have a completely different philosophy on life out there too though, so it may just be based in that, but I’m not sure.
[ + ] x0x7
[ - ] x0x7 2 points 1 monthMar 7, 2025 16:00:15 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] Indoctrinated_USA
[ - ] Indoctrinated_USA 0 points 1 monthMar 12, 2025 17:42:28 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] PoundOfFlesh
[ - ] PoundOfFlesh 1 point 1 monthMar 7, 2025 17:17:25 ago (+1/-0)
The economy is going to collapse unless we give the banks $500 billion.
You don't need to worry about surveillance if you have nothing to hide.
Two weeks to flatten the curve.
Inflation is transitory.
etc.
[ + ] MuricaPersonified
[ - ] MuricaPersonified 1 point 1 monthMar 7, 2025 18:36:54 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Deplorablepoetry
[ - ] Deplorablepoetry 0 points 1 monthMar 7, 2025 11:31:16 ago (+1/-1)
You live in a police state and tell yourself you are ‘free’ individual.
Are you insane, a coward or just really fucking lazy?
If you answered yes to all of the above you too could be a worthless maggot.
Kill yourself or kill a pig, there are only two options.
[ + ] Indoctrinated_USA
[ - ] Indoctrinated_USA -1 points 1 monthMar 7, 2025 16:12:12 ago (+0/-1)
It's more of a brand name for debatable privileges than a descriptor at this point.
Spent a month in Vietnam a couple years ago.
It was a terrible little place, a lot like India, but the humidity was stifling the entire time I was there.
What I noticed though was that the population lived more freely in it's daily expression of living than any American I've ever seen.
Certainly moreso than myself.
America is perhaps one of the most privileged, least free societies I can possibly imagine.
There are no such thing as rights; they were a European invention meant for European peoples in European societies - and they didn't work.
[ + ] Irelandlost
[ - ] Irelandlost 1 point 1 monthMar 7, 2025 16:20:20 ago (+1/-0)