I don’t disagree, my only addition is that we should set our standards higher than that. We went from generations of “We’re the best!” (whether true or not) to “Well we aren’t the worst…”
I just wish more people could notice the slow changes like that which I think are indicative of a need for systemic change.
But yeah, while I don’t endorse your message, you aren’t wrong.
And is that a good standard, a bad standard, or neutral?
Like, no one in a great situation goes, “Well at least I’m not…” That’s the type of thing one says when they are trying to cope with a poor situation.
And I’d also argue that the dead minorities would disagree with your assessment, give that they are… dead.
Yes, it’s terrible.
But living even a little bit in the USA and dying is still a better situation than most of the planet.
I don’t disagree, my only addition is that we should set our standards higher than that. We went from generations of “We’re the best!” (whether true or not) to “Well we aren’t the worst…”
I just wish more people could notice the slow changes like that which I think are indicative of a need for systemic change.
But yeah, while I don’t endorse your message, you aren’t wrong.