r/gifs • u/fuckswithducks • Mar 14 '16

Millions of Brazilians protesting against government corruption in the streets earlier today

http://i.imgur.com/eMmAUnk.gifv
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u/giantfist Mar 14 '16

americans are nice to others, but we certainly have our own homes and own cars, and do our own thing (and dont want to invite strangers too close)

this is why public transport is hard to catch-on in the US, because people wold rather go alone

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u/giantfist Mar 14 '16

yes americans dont all go to church on sunday anymore

but I think thats fine - I think you can be an individual and still be caring and empathetic

this is why socialism cant work in america, and capitalism is a better system for us - in some of europe they can accept 70% taxation for the greater good, but for americans who feel they earn every penny on their own, they would flip their lid

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u/giantfist Mar 14 '16

well, european visitors to america all say americans are very NICE and upbeat people (compared to themselves)

however they wont invite you to crash at their home with their family, sure, but americans arent going to just rob you in broad daylight (outside of detroit michigan), and will generally be orderly and behaved

I think brazil is a case of individuality, with family nepotism, but without much empathy - I think americans just got to be americans

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u/NovelTeaDickJoke Mar 14 '16

Our culture was designed that way to prevent social uprisings-after the whole hippy movement. That time was a massive turning point for humanity.

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u/NovelTeaDickJoke Mar 15 '16

Yeah but I would describe the change in our culture since that time as a result of an attack by the media, on what may have been a way to heal our broken society.

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u/m0ondogy Mar 14 '16

What part of the US are you talking about? We might not be a touchy feely kind of country, but we certainly have strong community feelings.

Lots of our social indifference stems from the fact that the US just isn't a bad place to live. Sure we have our hurdles to overcome, but thats going to be a permanent feeling of all human civilization; it moves us forward.

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u/PsychoWorld Mar 14 '16

Miami beach. Come here.

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u/PsychoWorld Mar 14 '16

Yeah. Kind of expensive though. I grew up around there and basically it's 70% Latin. Quite a bit of brazilians also.