Or… a side effect of living our whole lives on the financial brink of starvation or homelessness forcing us into a mindset and culture where we’re always seeking to monetize things because that’s all we know to do since our entire culture is bent towards growing the economy.
Lol. It is, in fact, the bootstraps. You were right all along.
Edit: I know we’re having a laugh here but that whole bootstraps thing does seem very harsh from the outside. Like I’ve spent a lot of time in the US (more than 6 months over the course of my life over various trips) and I’m genuinely very fond of the place, but the whole lack of social support structure does seem kinda ruthless from the outside looking in.
the whole lack of social support structure does seem kinda ruthless from the outside looking in.
It absolutely, depressingly, and soul crushingly is. Send help. Better still: ask your governments to grant US citizens asylum. I’m ok with leaving these sado-masochists to ouroboros themselves.
Interesting flex to admit none of you can figure out how to make and sell meth.
/s
You jest, but the average Irish junkie just isn’t as enterprising as the average American one. :D
It’s the bootstraps.
Or… a side effect of living our whole lives on the financial brink of starvation or homelessness forcing us into a mindset and culture where we’re always seeking to monetize things because that’s all we know to do since our entire culture is bent towards growing the economy.
Nah, it’s the bootstraps.
Lol. It is, in fact, the bootstraps. You were right all along.
Edit: I know we’re having a laugh here but that whole bootstraps thing does seem very harsh from the outside. Like I’ve spent a lot of time in the US (more than 6 months over the course of my life over various trips) and I’m genuinely very fond of the place, but the whole lack of social support structure does seem kinda ruthless from the outside looking in.
It absolutely, depressingly, and soul crushingly is. Send help. Better still: ask your governments to grant US citizens asylum. I’m ok with leaving these sado-masochists to ouroboros themselves.