Just another problem with 'Murica

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What? Do you really not know more than three countries in eastern Europe (actually two as Kosovo is actually a disputed territory of Serbia)? Maybe I'm starting to realize the problem with this discussion.

You do realize that Kosovo is a state? Recognized by 111 nations. Even if it's disputed.

Yes, I'm starting to realize the problem with this discussion too. And we were talking about poverty to put American poverty into perspective, which made me think of these three countries. Care to present any other examples of which I'm not aware of? I think, you will have a hard time doing that, if you don't move very far to the east. Which brings me back to the majority of the world living under piss poor conditions.

Every country in Eastern Europe the the poor are much more poor then in the US and the standard of living is lower. Do you really think Poland or the Ukraine has a higher standard of living for the poor then the US? Talk about a lack of perspective. I gave a brief list above of examples before, which you ignored. Also the conditions aren't piss poor, they are what's called 'average.' You, as a citizen of the first world, just have no perspective on what that means. Most people share housing in the world, most people use public transit or stay local, meanwhile those people normally have access to electricity, running water, etc. Those are the true poor in the world but there is a huge middle ground in a ton of countries. Would you call Argentina or Chile piss poor? How about Romania or Belarus?