I come back to America and people are scared shitless. The Right is scared of Obama. The Left is scared of the Right's fright.
It's all bullshit. This is the most powerful country in the world. Look at the eyes of an Indian teenager when you tell him you're from America. His face fills with delight. It's like explaining that you're from a world of endless chicken curry and handjobs.
Our society is strong. Our economy is strong. You have to be a fucking gymnast to avoid stepping on sleeping homeless people in India. They don't even call them "homeless people" over there; they're just "people." There's too many of them. If you've got a place to live, they call you a "house person."
So the next time you find yourself worrying about the direction of America or the status of the economy, shut the fuck up you perspective-lacking bastard.
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Of course, then there are those who have had the privilege to travel thousands of miles by airplane to India, simply to realise that they are privileged...
(but I take your point)
well, it never hurts to be reminded of the degree of that privilege (and then to remind others). i'd imagine you experienced that too.
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