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 threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEMar 14
@quinn What's a "food desert"? My wife has on business trips to the USA stayed in neighbourhoods where it's impossible to buy what we in Europe would regard as real food - the only thing on offer is (extremely) junk "food" that is completely incapable of sustaining normal life. Is that what "food desert" means?
Show threadCassandrichMar 14
@TimWardCam @quinn AIUI a "food desert" is a place where it's impossible to get to a place to buy basic grocery items without long distance drive by a car you may not have.
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEMar 14
@dalias @quinn That would count, then, if all the local walkable shops only sell junk.
Show threadBill WoodcockMar 16
@TimWardCam @dalias @quinn

No, that's not what she said. She said "impossible to get to a place to buy basic grocery items without long distance drive." She didn't say that there were "local walkable shops." Local walkable shops is a thing that exists in Europe, but not in most of the US.
Show threadQuinn NortonMar 16
@woody @TimWardCam @dalias i mean they exist in a lot of cities, but you pay a premium to live in a place where you can walk to a decent grocery store. Basically, if you can walk somewhere and get fresh fruit and veg, you're already rich. (there's a few exceptions, but they're generally being evicted and pushed out of cities.)
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE
@quinn @woody @dalias Yes. The scenario my wife has encountered is that you can walk to a grocery store, but it doesn't count as "decent" and doesn't sell weird stuff like fruit and veg.
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