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But certain countries are better to be born into than others. Like, I would hate to be reincarnated into North Korea or Russia. This has nothing to do with the people themselves, but rather the rules and rulers of the country. It's not racism to dislike the idea of being born without basic rights.
My bad. I just don’t like generalizing large swaths of people and places as better/worse. Just feels like a slippery slope to saying “all Russians bad” or whatever groups of people because you believe are worse off. I get the point, I still think it’s problematic. I’m sorry
You're not wrong. It's really pumping up a degree of nationalism that is unhealthy to take for granted. If you change out 'Russia' for other countries you start see the baby's reaction relies on prejudices on politics and current events. If it was 'Mexico' or 'China' it suddenly feels a little more racist.
It's not racism, nor is it nationalism. I live in America, it fucking sucks here and I'd like to leave. But it's still better than North Korea by leaps and bounds, and I would choose to be born here again if those were the only choices. Same with Russia, same with China.
Are you really trying to defend the living conditions in a country like North Korea as better than the majority of the west? It's not racist to say it sucks there, that's just a fact.