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Boom Sound 416

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16. I don't think I'm being hyperbolic
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 06:40 PM
Aug 2013
I've been to third world countries. The US is not one of them. Gravitycollapse Aug 2013 #1
We are a 1st World nation that acts like a 3rd world country in its deficient social programs. leveymg Aug 2013 #4
I'm not sure you understand the term "deficient" or that it is much different from "nonexistent." Gravitycollapse Aug 2013 #6
So have I. Let's say we're a bankrupt empire undergoing Larry Summers-style restructuring. leveymg Aug 2013 #12
Well then you don't understand what it means to be a third world nation. Gravitycollapse Aug 2013 #19
You don't understand what it's like to be jobless and homeless in America. leveymg Aug 2013 #32
You still don't get it. The world of a nation is an aggregate of the people, not single experiences. Gravitycollapse Aug 2013 #33
Your world view, if not an aggregation including poor people is that of a corporate economist leveymg Aug 2013 #38
I wouldn't call 50 million and growing a single experience. liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #39
We're not third world yet, but we are a mean nation. roamer65 Aug 2013 #2
Lets see, you went to Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #3
That list could get pretty long, couldn't it? Posteritatis Aug 2013 #9
I don't think I'm being hyperbolic Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #16
Ack! No, not you. Posteritatis Aug 2013 #22
Whoops! I was wonderin' Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #29
What, you think the bank in Mexico City nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #10
I don't consider Mexico City Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #14
I don't consider San Fran as a whole to be third world nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #20
FYI, no kidding Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #26
You should take a trip to my Far East county nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #43
You've obviously never been to a developing let alone third world country. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #5
I've been to Mexico, several Central American countries and Grenada ( the worst poverty I've seen) kimbutgar Aug 2013 #13
Grenada? greatauntoftriplets Aug 2013 #21
I want to Port a prince in the 80's on a cruise with my parents kimbutgar Aug 2013 #35
+1 Octafish Aug 2013 #7
On any given day in SF dreamnightwind Aug 2013 #8
I grew up in SF this is the worst I have ever seen kimbutgar Aug 2013 #23
there might be more to this story Niceguy1 Aug 2013 #11
I hope so. The newborn baby was what got me upset the most kimbutgar Aug 2013 #15
all support systems Niceguy1 Aug 2013 #27
It's not. not by the metrics used. cali Aug 2013 #17
I've read in the local papers that the social services have been exhausted and the extra money kimbutgar Aug 2013 #28
That's a gross exaggeration - what we are is a second world nation. Fozzledick Aug 2013 #18
America is not a "Third World" nation... YoungDemCA Aug 2013 #24
Oh, FFS. zappaman Aug 2013 #25
Sorry you feel this way about my post but when you see that type of suffering in a rich city it kimbutgar Aug 2013 #31
Everyone has the right to an opinion even if that opinion is ridiculous. Gravitycollapse Aug 2013 #36
You beat me to it. zappaman Aug 2013 #37
Again that's your opinion and I still feel the same way and don't feel ridiculous thinking or saying kimbutgar Aug 2013 #42
Sorry OP, we are not a 3rd world country. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #30
I grew up in a 3rd world nation. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #34
This is a third world country... Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #40
+1 darkangel218 Aug 2013 #41
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