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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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[-] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 42 points 11 months ago

I remember that headline during the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine "This is the first war of my lifetime between civilized countries". So obvious what they meant.

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 21 points 11 months ago

I remember that headline during the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine "This is the first war of my lifetime between civilized countries". So obvious what they meant.

I kept hearing it's the first war in europe since ww2 and this feels like it goes along the same lines but even weirder

[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

Yugoslavia got its civilized status revoked before it got bombed, apparantly.

[-] SoyViking@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

I really hated how people talked about "war in Europe!" as something extra horrible and tragic, unlike when it is brown people being at war which doesn't warrant the same moral outrage.

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