Thought this was interesting. I saw this while trolling through a decisively non conservative site on an article about various privileges… I cant substantiate any of it, but there wasn’t really any reason for the person to fake it in context…
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I'm from Venezuela and here's the things American consider normal that is a privilege here:
Having a car: I've noticed that in the US even poor people have cars, here is pretty damn expensive to have and maintain a car and there's no credit option.
Electricity every day: here power goes out a few times a week. In the US it only goes out when there's a tornado or something like that.
Sanitation: here nothing has an actual valid health certificate, unless it's imported we don't know if what we're eating or the water we're drinking is apt for consumption. Food in America has official certificates.
Having a phone: there's rarely an American without a phone but for someone who makes less than 100 bucks a month is pretty hard to get a phone so there's many people who don't have a phone here and I believe in many third world countries.
Living alone after 18: Here people can rarely afford it so they will live with their parents at older ages and it's considered normal. Sometimes if the backyard is big enough they'll just build a house themselves for when their children get married so they live there with their partner and children. Living alone at 18 or even at 20's is rather uncommon and a super privilege here.
Making fun of the president with no consequences: in the US I remember the media made fun of Donald Trump and it was ok nobody got arrested, but here if you make fun of the president on public TV or a famous YouTube channel you'll go to jail for sure, they call it "hate crimes".
Having animal services: As an animal lover I really hate that if you see animal abuse there's not a number you can call and police won't come, you have to literally take evidence and take it to court or send to a contact that works in the government, and according to the law the animal abuser just gets 48 days in jail (you can push for more but you'll probably have to bribe the judge or have a friend in the government).
Clean streets: People here are worst than animals, the streets are littered everywhere except for the rich areas. In the US the streets seem super clean in general.
Buying clothes and items often: Here we spend many years using the same clothes as it's expensive to buy all the time, but Americans will throw away a shirt or a pair of shoes they've used for a few months and say something like "it was completely destroyed already".
Having good looking houses: The houses of poor people here have black mold on the walls, the roof is asbestos or something similar, the draining system is almost rotten and the house structure is still standing by the sheer power of faith.
Eating expensive stuff: I've noticed Americans will complain a lot if they don't have certain meals but here we just eat what we can afford, for example things like honey, syrup, cheddar cheese, diet toasts, yogurt, chocolate and that kind of stuff are luxuries here.
Having sex: This one is kinda funny but it's true, since Americans have cars and often live alone it's easier for them to have sex. I've been struggling with this for a while because at home there's your mom, your grandma, your siblings, your little cousins, etc. There's literally no privacy, so people with more money are the only ones who can have sex whenever they want.
Walking outside at night: If you do that here you'll likely get robbed or even killed, after 7-8 pm the streets are deserted. In USA or any other first world country unless you're in a specifically dangerous area it'll be fine to take walks at night.
Water everyday: in certain areas here people haven't had water for weeks or even months. In the US water is expensive but at least everyone has it.
Travel papers: if you're American or European you can quite literally travel anywhere with very little effort, getting a passport and VISA here is a whole struggle you'll have to dedicate time, money and effort to get.
I could go on and on but I wouldn't finish today.
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I'm from Venezuela and here's the things American consider normal that is a privilege here:
Having a car: I've noticed that in the US even poor people have cars, here is pretty damn expensive to have and maintain a car and there's no credit option.
Electricity every day: here power goes out a few times a week. In the US it only goes out when there's a tornado or something like that.
Sanitation: here nothing has an actual valid health certificate, unless it's imported we don't know if what we're eating or the water we're drinking is apt for consumption. Food in America has official certificates.
Having a phone: there's rarely an American without a phone but for someone who makes less than 100 bucks a month is pretty hard to get a phone so there's many people who don't have a phone here and I believe in many third world countries.
Living alone after 18: Here people can rarely afford it so they will live with their parents at older ages and it's considered normal. Sometimes if the backyard is big enough they'll just build a house themselves for when their children get married so they live there with their partner and children. Living alone at 18 or even at 20's is rather uncommon and a super privilege here.
Making fun of the president with no consequences: in the US I remember the media made fun of Donald Trump and it was ok nobody got arrested, but here if you make fun of the president on public TV or a famous YouTube channel you'll go to jail for sure, they call it "hate crimes".
Having animal services: As an animal lover I really hate that if you see animal abuse there's not a number you can call and police won't come, you have to literally take evidence and take it to court or send to a contact that works in the government, and according to the law the animal abuser just gets 48 days in jail (you can push for more but you'll probably have to bribe the judge or have a friend in the government).
Clean streets: People here are worst than animals, the streets are littered everywhere except for the rich areas. In the US the streets seem super clean in general.
Buying clothes and items often: Here we spend many years using the same clothes as it's expensive to buy all the time, but Americans will throw away a shirt or a pair of shoes they've used for a few months and say something like "it was completely destroyed already".
Having good looking houses: The houses of poor people here have black mold on the walls, the roof is asbestos or something similar, the draining system is almost rotten and the house structure is still standing by the sheer power of faith.
Eating expensive stuff: I've noticed Americans will complain a lot if they don't have certain meals but here we just eat what we can afford, for example things like honey, syrup, cheddar cheese, diet toasts, yogurt, chocolate and that kind of stuff are luxuries here.
Having sex: This one is kinda funny but it's true, since Americans have cars and often live alone it's easier for them to have sex. I've been struggling with this for a while because at home there's your mom, your grandma, your siblings, your little cousins, etc. There's literally no privacy, so people with more money are the only ones who can have sex whenever they want.
Walking outside at night: If you do that here you'll likely get robbed or even killed, after 7-8 pm the streets are deserted. In USA or any other first world country unless you're in a specifically dangerous area it'll be fine to take walks at night.
Water everyday: in certain areas here people haven't had water for weeks or even months. In the US water is expensive but at least everyone has it.
Travel papers: if you're American or European you can quite literally travel anywhere with very little effort, getting a passport and VISA here is a whole struggle you'll have to dedicate time, money and effort to get.
I could go on and on but I wouldn't finish today.
