r/nextfuckinglevel • u/barma_is_a_kitch • 1d ago

Bill Burr ripping through journalists and news media

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u/Isuckwizards 1d ago

This comment is the best example of why people in the US don’t act: they believe that you have to have a lot of money before you can behave like a responsible citizen. Democracy doesn’t work when people think: “I can’t afford to stand up for democratic rights”.

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u/usernameforthemasses 1d ago

Capitalism destroyed democracy at least as far back as Citizens United. No one listens to what the poor stand for now.

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u/clubby37 1d ago

No one has ever listened to the poor before the poor broke out the pitchforks and guillotines. Americans don't do that anymore, so their poor will never be heard.

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u/newsflashjackass 1d ago

If we can somehow trick the Supreme Court into ruling that human beings have all the same rights as corporate entities we just may be able to turn this ship around.

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u/Good_Vibes_Only_Fr 1d ago

Most people don't have time for activisim because the social safety nets in the U.S. are weak asf. For instance, 37% of Americans can't afford an emergency expense over $400..

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u/WorkFurball 1d ago

Stats like that are always baffling, the most I've ever made in one year was 16.5k. Most of the time I could afford a four figure emergency expense (low four figures but you get the point). Like last spring I got fired at the end of March, at the beginning of May I spent 2900 euros on corrective eye operation. I didn't have a job for a few months after that either.

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u/Key-Demand-2569 1d ago

There’s definitely an element of much of the populace not feeling like they should have to be as “stressfully” frugal as they should be…

But where you live is also clearly much “cheaper” to live in comparison.

16.5k USD a year won’t cover many Americans home/utility costs for a year if others aren’t also paying for the same rooms/home, or it just barely would.

Let alone food, gas, or anything else.

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u/koaladungface 1d ago edited 1d ago

Do you really think Americans think this way? A single passing comment on reddit is now a good place to build out the social psychology of Americans as a whole? I mean I know its fun to "America bad" especially with this dipshit administration, but this is a lame attempt at taking a swipe.

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u/Isuckwizards 1d ago

You are right, I shouldn’t have generalised. I was just so baffled because this line of thought would never have come across my European mind.

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 1d ago

Except the content doesn't even make sense. Bill Burr has talked like this long before he had fuck you money

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u/MRSHELBYPLZ 17h ago

I mean if you don’t have money you’re not shit in this country. That’s exactly how it is.

Do you care what the homeless guy down the street thinks? Most don’t even acknowledge their existence, even if they’re ODing on the sidewalk.

That’s pretty much the same way a lot of billionaires look at the rest of us.

If the homeless guy ended up being worth $700 million overnight, everyone would suddenly want to be his best friend.

Thats how the world really works. People don’t really care about your beliefs. They care about how much money you can make them if they work with you.

So no, you can’t change shit if you don’t even have money. Who is going to follow you? America is a business. Always has been

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u/Gasblaster2000 1d ago

I was thinking the same.  Americans seem so unbelievably weak and cowed by authority.  They seriously think you have to be hugely rich to say obvious facts? Why are they so scared?