Ok. Indeph. I kow you live the 'the hood' because how you descibed it. I also know 'the hood'. I used to live in Camden, NJ...now the most dangerous city in the US. So you can't tell me I don't know anything similar to your struggles. I know how it is to fear for your life simply walking to get a snack. I know how it s not leaving the house at night. I know how it is to fear that your mom, gf, gramma may get hit with a stray..hell INTENTIONALbullet from some dumbass who blamse white America that HE dropped out and that HE is treated unfair when the opportunities are there. So downgrading other people's struggles because yours seem better or more significant is dumb as shit. Because if you take our roughest 'hood' andmultiply it by 10 you couldn't measure to how fucked up the rest of the world is. So for the US being self centered. We are. Becuase black Ameria thinks their struggles are bigger than they are, and white America complains over dumb shit. Period.

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Tell me what country is the powerhouse of the world right now?

Oh, that's right. America.

If everyone else is scared then why did they come and blow up OUR buildings and not deny it in the least...just wondering.

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I agree wit you Y.

lots of em but theres a lot of cool americans.

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Yea they are! but quit whinein and bitchin about it it's not gonna help.

^no it won't. but really that's why Canada is so much better

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America is the greatest country on Earth, you're going to have to cope with that. But I wasn't raised to only care about myself and I don't claim to be "untouchable." I understand that alot of people (females imparticular) complain about petty problems, whereas the rest of the world is living in a worse envirement than we are. But you know, WE made this envirement for ourselves to live in. It wasn't handed to us. You have to look and realize that every country is what they are because of what they did in the past. And I'm not saying Americans aren't arrogant theres alot that are. But you know, if there country was raised up to be what ours is today, then yours would be just the same.

I haven't let anything about being the greatest country in the world get to my head. I haven't changed myself into something I'm not and I am not an unhappy person. I just deal with what I have to everyday and I don't care wether you classify that as being hard or not. Because the thought of comparing other peoples problems is petty.

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Everything you said is much respected, your one of the ones I didnt make thsi thread about.
you said comparing peoples problems is petty, I agree, but the arguements thru out this thread arent "whos got the bigger problems" its americans need to relise that theres alot more to this world that them.

To many americans feel if you fix america the world would be a better place, theres more to the world than america.

You're right man. But I don't think we should try to help solve shit like in Iraq. I think they should solve it themselves. I'm not saying be isolationists, I'm just saying we should help out with starvation in other countries and what not. nah mean? And not get involved politically.

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exactly, the shit that went down in iraq was some what a bush family personal beef, but the entire world felt the effect.

American government like to throw there power around to say dotn fuck with us, instead fo silently being effective and help poverty stricken countrys.
but if they done that, they wouldnt get acknowledgement for what they doing,therefore it woudl be pointless for them to do it.

True that, man. Its just people tyring to make themselves look good.

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i have a question for indeph...in a thread where the quality of life in america is being praised by all, why do you try to prove that your country is "better" by saying that you have crime, disease, and poverty?? that is completely fucked and if you think that it's BETTER to have those things, you have a truly sick and twisted world perspective

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americans thrive on the struggle, the thirve on being hard done by, simply because of the fact its cool to be the under dog, but in reality american society and economy is one of the best in the world, so its needed to create these "problems" to keep up the image of, " I struggled to get to were i am today"

basically, alot of them are blind ot the fact they have it alot better of then they try to make out.

Yeah, most Americans get butthurt when someone addresses their fautls. But the truth is that the vast majority of the American population is fucking disgraceful to the human race.

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kid, go back to talking shit over the net to boost your self esteem.