Quinn NortonMar 14

Europeans don't, maybe sometimes can't, understand the absolute crushing pressure and gaslighting that most Americans are put through to make us the way we are.

It's a decades long effort to turn most of the population into a money and power pump for a tiny elite class, all while grinding us into dust.

We're crazy and scared all the time, and have no idea what's going on in the rest of the world.

There's a reason dying of opiates seemed like a rational choice to a lot of people.

Show threadQuinn NortonMar 14
The rest of world never sees the poor and desperate America, they mostly stay in the decently rich bits of New York or California, and have no idea what a "food desert" is.
Show threadrag. Gustavino BevilacquaMar 14

@quinn

I often cite this article you wrote in 2013 to show the dark side of the U.S..
I guess things are even worse, now.

https://medium.com/quinn-norton/the-values-of-money-f3db7e13e6e3

The Values of Money

Bitcoin, Money, and Datalove, Part One

Medium
Show threadNick Silkey 📻 N5ILK 🪓🪵 🪣💧
@GustavinoBevilacqua @quinn 👋 thanks for sharing this! Parts one and two were great reads. Did a part three ever come to be? 👀
Mar 14 at 12:25pmWeb
Show threads1m0n4Mar 14

@nicksilkey @GustavinoBevilacqua @quinn

Remove the admiration for the self-made man and the other part is painfully true for any European country I've lived in.

[The long admired idea of the “self-made man” isn't self-made because he's built the strong and loyal social connections that will support him, defend him, and turn to him for wisdom and affection throughout his long and social life.]

Here we just hypocritically pretend it doesn't work this way.

Show threadBenjamin Sonntag-KingMar 15
@s1m0n4 @nicksilkey @GustavinoBevilacqua @quinn for the parts of France I know about (basically Paris and a some secluded village in the East and North) I would disagree. The social fabric is very different.
People are less isolated even when going middle class.
But solidarity looks weaker here, even within the poor people.
Show threads1m0n4Mar 15
@benjamin @nicksilkey @GustavinoBevilacqua @quinn we agree to disagree. #France has a publicly-supported private school system with not other function than creating a social network among certain circles.
People send their kids to these semi-private schools to create a social status, to let them have a certain kind of friends.
And while public schools consistently lose students because of the fertility drop, private schools don't.
Show threadQuinn NortonMar 15
@s1m0n4 @benjamin @nicksilkey @GustavinoBevilacqua lol no. Imagine having no access to healthcare, that was most of my life. Plus homelessness while working full time. I could go on...
Show threadQuinn NortonMar 15
@s1m0n4 @benjamin @nicksilkey @GustavinoBevilacqua oops sorry, I replied to the wrong post and can't find the right one now 😬
Show threads1m0n4Mar 15
@quinn @benjamin @nicksilkey @GustavinoBevilacqua Yes, I was only referring to the social network part. Free or accessible healthcare makes a big difference indeed!
Show threadQuinn NortonMar 15
@s1m0n4 @benjamin @nicksilkey @GustavinoBevilacqua i'm even wonding if i'm on the right thread fork, lots of replies are interestingly difficult on masto? or maybe i'm not entirely awake yet
Show threads1m0n4Mar 15

@quinn @benjamin @nicksilkey @GustavinoBevilacqua

Maybe you intended to reply to this?
https://mastodon.top/@D_cence/116227910589329942

Or this other toot?
https://tweesecake.social/@vol4life8657/116228161423758435

The way answers are nested depends on the app/webapp you use to access Mastodon.

Show threadQuinn Norton5d ago
@s1m0n4 oh I think you're right, that's probably the one.