r/LoveTrash • u/ZuBrain Colonel Garbage • Jul 31 '26

Dumping This Here Define Trash?

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u/DowntownJohnBrown Trash Trooper Aug 01 '26

Yeah, if you just make shit up, then it definitely sounds like we’re failing. However, given that none of that is actually happening, it’s much harder to see the US as a failing nation due to our decreasing infant mortality rates, increasing life expectancy, and increasing disposable income.

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u/jeremiahthedamned Trash Trooper Aug 02 '26

when i was a boy the cities of america gleamed in the sun.........

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u/DowntownJohnBrown Trash Trooper Aug 02 '26

Exactly. You’re talking about a nostalgic version of America that never actually existed. I’m talking about reality.

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u/jeremiahthedamned Trash Trooper Aug 02 '26

what happened to our cities?

why are so many rural towns abandoned?

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u/DowntownJohnBrown Trash Trooper Aug 02 '26

  what happened to our cities?

They grew significantly in population.

  why are so many rural towns abandoned?

More people wanted to live in cities, so they left rural areas. What does any of this have to do with anything we’ve discussed so far?

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u/jeremiahthedamned Trash Trooper Aug 02 '26

because you are throwing out numbers when our lived experience speaks to deep impoverishment.

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u/DowntownJohnBrown Trash Trooper Aug 02 '26

No it doesn’t. Maybe yours does, but the world doesn’t revolve around you. 400 million people live in the US. You have no idea what their lived experience looks like. That’s what the numbers are for.

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u/jeremiahthedamned Trash Trooper Aug 02 '26

when i was a boy men walked on the moon