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Does americans have it harder than any western countries?

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Does americans have it harder than any western countries?
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Does americans have it harder than any western countries?
November 25, 2015 at 11:12 pm (This post was last modified: November 25, 2015 at 11:14 pm by Rokkein.)
Just in terms of pressure. Like i know USA is nr.1 superpower in the world. I just assume parents might be more pressurable on children or something. But i might be wrong, maybe Japan or some other asian countries have it worse in terms of that. But i assume expectation are needed in some cases. And it doesn't help the fact that many fundamentalists are active in those areas Tongue
Technology, foreign policy, world politics.. and the fact that USA is the center of attention due to it being world's powerful super power.

Just wondering your views on it in general?
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RE: Does americans have it harder than any western countries?
November 25, 2015 at 11:14 pm (This post was last modified: November 25, 2015 at 11:42 pm by ApeNotKillApe.)
Americans have a harder time avoiding bullets.
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RE: Does americans have it harder than any western countries?
November 25, 2015 at 11:18 pm
Tell us again how the poorest country in the west is a super duper power!
I missed it the first 3 times...
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RE: Does americans have it harder than any western countries?
November 25, 2015 at 11:22 pm
The number of people not actually 'working' and therefore not actually contributing to society is approaching 100,000,000.

So, I'd say there is less pressure to succeed/produce/excel here than there is some/most other countries. The United States 'invented' the obese poor person, in all of human history, there had never before been such a phenomena.

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RE: Does americans have it harder than any western countries?
November 25, 2015 at 11:27 pm
We've got it good, so long as you're not in a combat zone ... or a cardboard box ... or a soup kitchen ... or a hospital ...

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RE: Does americans have it harder than any western countries?
November 25, 2015 at 11:37 pm
Yes.

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RE: Does americans have it harder than any western countries?
November 26, 2015 at 3:00 am (This post was last modified: November 26, 2015 at 3:01 am by Alex K.)
American children are constantly told that they live in the bestest and greatestest nation on earth, and then half the country can't even get their teeth repaired without going broke, everyone is imprisoned, and people get shot all the time. That kind of disconnect has got to cause some distress...
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RE: Does americans have it harder than any western countries?
November 26, 2015 at 12:38 pm
We love slogans telling how great we are.  Saves us the trouble of actually doing anything.
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RE: Does americans have it harder than any western countries?
November 26, 2015 at 12:54 pm
I thought the US WAS a Western country O_o
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RE: Does americans have it harder than any western countries?
November 26, 2015 at 1:28 pm
(November 26, 2015 at 12:38 pm)Minimalist Wrote: We love slogans telling how great we are.  Saves us the trouble of actually doing anything.

If it can be made into a soundbite the US seems to lap it up. Like the "three strikes your out" madness for crimes.



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