• maynarkh@feddit.nl
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    9 months ago

    Being named the reason for all the world’s woes, while the issues affecting me being completely ignored, does not motivate me to vote either. TBH it’s actually all very depressing, and I imagine a whole pile of people would say I deserve it for having the privileged genitals.

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      9 months ago

      What issue affecting you is being ignored? And no one of merit is saying that you are the reason for the world’s woes. And while there are some extremist feminists that are actually misandrists, again it’s really almost no one.

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        9 months ago

        Mental health for example is largely ignored, especially for men, and is a minefield that I am navigating right now.

        This article we’re commenting on is also suggesting that the right wing shift is men’s fault, that’s what I’m engaging with.

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              9 months ago

              You also didn’t say “in my country” but simply that it’s being ignored. And I showed it’s not.

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                9 months ago

                It is usually implied that when people talk about their experiences, they talk about things they have personally experienced. Also it is also implied that people on the internet are not all from one country.

                I wonder why did you think I lived in the US in the first place.

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                  9 months ago

                  It is usually implied that when people talk about their experiences, they talk about things they have personally experienced.

                  If the discussion is about the general “left/right” divide, and you are speaking more specifically about the left/right divide in your own country, it make sense to indicate that and what country you are from (of course, you’ve avoided mentioning what country you are from).

                  I wonder why did you think I lived in the US in the first place.

                  I wonder why you weren’t more specific about what you were talking about when we are talking about the general left/right divide.

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                    9 months ago

                    I have lived in multiple countries across Europe, and I have seen what the article describes in multiple countries. I do not consider my life story to be relevant. I’m living in the Netherlands right now if that’s what you’re asking.

                    The point I’m making is that a random thing the Biden admin says it’s doing is not relevant for the majority of the world, or the majority of the developed world even. I am not even sure it’s relevant for everyone in the US with how polarized people seem to be.