It still boggles my mind how the US is the "first world power", and yet there is so much gun violence, those healthcare problems, homelessness, high co2 per capita, obesity, the prison system (especially in Louisiana where it's almost still slavery for inmates), money in politics, inability to get abortion...
All those issues are usually found in third world of developing countries, so I'm often quite confused...
From the inside, it very much feels like the decline of an empire. We're really getting it from all sides, and people just in general seem pretty unhinged.
>the US is the "first world power", and yet there is so much gun violence, those healthcare problems, homelessness, high co2 per capita, obesity, the prison system (especially in Louisiana where it's almost still slavery for inmates), money in politics, inability to get abortion...
Exactly. It's horrible here, so people should stop emigrating to the US for starters.
Sadly, in the US, there're obese people who're strongly into nonsensical movements like HAES (Healthy At Every Size), fat positivity. They think being obese is good, healthy, and doing nothing to address is a great thing. If one so happens to tell them about the health risks due to obesity, they are termed as fatphobic.
Surpisingly it's easier to just un-learn what you know about personal health to protect your self-image than it is to lose weight and keep it off. I say this as someone who has lost weight and kept it off.
On one side, the food industry is largely responsible for this, and the other side, fat people are ill, but they're often being told they're responsible for their weight.
It's a bit like telling depressed people they're responsible for their mental illness.
All those issues are usually found in third world of developing countries, so I'm often quite confused...