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Things that are so obvious and ingrained that no one even thinks about them.

Here’s a few:

All US americans can go to Mexico EASILY. You’re supposed to have a passport but you don’t even need one (for car/foot crossing). Versus, it’s really hard for Mexicans, who aren’t wealthy, to secure a VISA to enter the US. I’m sure there are corollaries in other geo-regions.

Another one is wealthy countries having access to vaccines far ahead of “poor” countries.

In US, we might pay lip service to equal child-hood education but most of the funding pulls from local taxes so some kids might receive ~$10000 in spending while another receives $2000. I’m not looking it up at the moment, but I’m SURE there are strong racial stratas.

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[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

”Declining birthrates” is considered a normal thing to talk about, even though it only refers to white people.

Condescending attitudes towards any non-international-community-1international-community-2 country, like I remember when the US left Afghanistan and a lot of people said stuff along the lines of ”We helped them so much and they still didn't become a good liberal democracy!”.

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

”Declining birthrates” is considered a normal thing to talk about, even though it only refers to white people.

I encourage you not to read any comments sections about declining birthrates in Japan, South Korea, or China. They invariably read like cattle farmers complaining about a bad year, except usually cattle farmers aren't chomping at the bit to go fuck the cows.

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

cattle farmers aren't chomping at the bit to go fuck the cows.

Welllll…