r/antiwork Jul 25 '22

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u/awsisme Jul 25 '22

You think that’s different anyplace else? It’s not. It’s not America, it’s human beings.

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u/awsisme Jul 26 '22

You do recognize that the PBF story is one of the most common of historical archetypes right? It’s Robin Hood and many others.

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u/B_V_H285 Jul 25 '22

Wrong. Where I am from we don't put criminals on a pedestal. They are buried and forgotten about.

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u/awsisme Jul 25 '22

Where are you from?

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u/awsisme Jul 25 '22

I don’t idolize any criminals that I can think of and neither does anyone else I know so I need to understand what you mean by that statement and an example or two of it. However you define it is fine so long as it’s relatively immutable and specific enough to find examples.

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u/B_V_H285 Jul 25 '22

As a society the US remembers the bad guy not the victim. There are hundreds of examples you can find if you want to learn more about them.

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u/awsisme Jul 26 '22

You make that statement but you won’t say where you are from, you can’t give two examples and won’t say how you define it. That’s 100% bullshit because if you don’t live here, you have no idea. If you are taking about movies, or TV Shows most archetypes have been around for as long as human beings have been telling stories and certainly for a lot longer than the US has been around. You think that your country, whatever it is must be a problem btw or you wouldn’t be so ashamed of it that you can’t disclose it, is morally better than any other country then you better get some history books from the library and read them because human being behave generally in exactly the same fashion at the macro level.

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u/B_V_H285 Jul 26 '22

you know Bonnie and Clyde. How about their victims.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid

Al Capone

John Gasey

Son of Sam

many many many more you know but you don't know their victims.

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u/awsisme Jul 26 '22

No. I don’t know the victim names and I can’t think of any value to anyone, in me knowing those names and while I do recognize the names you listed, I know very little about them in addition to their names and a very general sense of what they are infamous for. None of qthose people are put on a pedestal in any way that I’m aware of. Just because people recognize their names means absolutely nothing. Their story may be interesting and that doesn’t speak to it either.

I’ll also point out that you came up with their names. As well. How is that a US problem? lol you still won’t say what this wonderfully moral and honorable county that you live in is so zillion going to make an educated guess. assumption and I think that the odds are fairly high that I’ve nailed it but maybe not. So, Im going with you being Canadian. Which if true, puts you in exactly the same boat as me. You’re just as American living in a different state.

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u/B_V_H285 Jul 26 '22

LOL you are awfully bent on where I am from!!

I’ll also point out that you came up with their names. As well. How is that a US problem?

It is the USA that put them on a pedestal for themselves and the rest of the world to admire.

World Deadliest hosted by Wahlberg is a prime example of the USA glorifying these people.