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zoom_zip wrote

Reply to comment by kin in Friday Free Talk by kin

they only call themselves the greatest country on earth

nobody outside their borders is delusional enough to fall for that propaganda

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halfway_prince wrote

i agree that a lot of countries have come to realize that the US sucks, but there's still a huge influx of immigrants into the country and I would say there still is a predominant narrative of the US as a land of prosperity that is dissonant with the reality of living in the US outside of the top 1-10%.

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existential1 wrote

I agree with this take. The idea that people are getting "wise" to the US just doesnt match immigration numbers, taking into account the suppression of recent US regimes.

That being said, the US probably has the greatest marketing of any country ever. We did raise Edward Bernase.

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zoom_zip wrote (edited )

but the US aren’t even #1 in immigration rates. and how much of it is opportunistic immigration, not going there because the thought is “this is the best place in the world” but because “it’s a place i can get to and it’s better than where i am.”

edit: i might be wrong about this. i thought it wasn’t the US but i’m finding some places that say it is

edit 2: okay it is the US by quite a large margin 🤷‍♀️ my mistake

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halfway_prince wrote

no worries, i still think you're getting at an interesting point with the bifurcation of how the way the US is viewed by different countries and between classes within countries.

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