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Irish_Dem

(80,297 posts)
23. Americans do not value human life or quality of life.
Mon Dec 5, 2022, 10:38 AM
Dec 2022

There are too many examples to list but here are a few:

1. America's children are slaughtered in their classrooms.
A country which does not protect its children is a failed country and cares nothing about human life.

2. In the US, medication and healthcare are not affordable to many.
We are a country which does not value human life and does not care if people suffer or die.

3. Compared to other modern countries, American sick leave, vacation, work conditions are a disgrace.
Also people work at minimum wage jobs which do not allow a decent standard of living.

4. During a deadly, global pandemic, many Americans refused to mask or quarantine.
There was no concern for human life.

5. State governments have made it illegal to treat seriously ill women.
And will vilify and jail doctors who try to save their lives.

6. In the US, college is unaffordable for most young people.
Going into huge debt is the norm to obtain an education which would provide an ability to have a decent life.
The US does not value education or people supporting themselves.

The reality is that America has only one deeply rooted value: wealth, becoming rich, and profit above all else.

American lives, quality of life are not American values.



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Ditto (tho I'm not on an island.) elleng Dec 2022 #1
Sorry mate mahina Dec 2022 #2
ditto ShepKat Dec 2022 #9
Our current crop of republicans are exceptions to that. They've shown that they tolerate... brush Dec 2022 #3
Yep. When they show you who they are, believe them. GoodRaisin Dec 2022 #30
I've never been sure either way. I suspect there is some cosmic... TreasonousBastard Dec 2022 #4
I live in an area where they just shot up the power substations to stop a drag show Jamastiene Dec 2022 #5
I get the feeling that the motive was stopping the drag show and it's being covered up Walleye Dec 2022 #16
They already have found photos with the woman who bragged about it Jamastiene Dec 2022 #24
This echoes the disillusionment of a German gentleman that I know. Mister Ed Dec 2022 #6
Ive been wondering what other peoples have been thinking of us, also. demigoddess Dec 2022 #38
We have a couple of dear friends in Australia as well. Mister Ed Dec 2022 #40
It's been decades of slowly chipping away Cosmocat Dec 2022 #7
There are all kinds of people, ranging from extremely good to LuckyCharms Dec 2022 #8
Depends on the culture. betsuni Dec 2022 #10
I've learned that there are greedy, selfish, dishonest and even evil folks malaise Dec 2022 #11
What the heck would she do murielm99 Dec 2022 #12
Give her son or her man for Christmas? malaise Dec 2022 #14
Unreal. moonscape Dec 2022 #20
Unreal indeed malaise Dec 2022 #21
Wow. mahina Dec 2022 #27
You know what pissed me off malaise Dec 2022 #37
Americans are opportunistic. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2022 #13
I arrived last week from DR, back to the states for a few months. secondwind Dec 2022 #15
:) You've hit on a basic difference between liberal and conservative personality. Hortensis Dec 2022 #17
I'm liberal, and I'm afraid I've never believed that most people are basically good. shrike3 Dec 2022 #26
:) Umhmm, sounds pretty liberal and nice to me. Hortensis Dec 2022 #39
That's some insight. mahina Dec 2022 #28
I'm afraid that woman was the reason I finally went and got Hortensis Dec 2022 #36
I avoid MAGAt fascists to the greatest degree possible. Roisin Ni Fiachra Dec 2022 #18
Confucius said, "People suck" dalton99a Dec 2022 #19
No Exit is fabulous. JanMichael Dec 2022 #43
Social media highly exaggerates and magnifies the bad Sympthsical Dec 2022 #22
Thinking about the everyday people who take care of others mahina Dec 2022 #35
A great question Lulu KC Feb 2023 #46
Americans do not value human life or quality of life. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #23
+1 dalton99a Dec 2022 #34
By far not the first time this discussion/observation has been made. Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #25
This kind of discussion makes me think of Anne Frank. shrike3 Dec 2022 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Dec 2022 #31
I still find most people are basically good. Elessar Zappa Dec 2022 #32
Here's a hope. mahina Dec 2022 #33
People are still mostly good RobertMcNamara Dec 2022 #41
The extremists are getting more extreme. Initech Dec 2022 #42
You meet some good & some bad. Trump was very "BAD"... BIDEN is VERY GOOD & CARES ABOUT PEOPLE. Stuart G Dec 2022 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author Stuart G Dec 2022 #45
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