I don’t see a difference between the two, besides the attitude and the capitalization. Being an asshole or being compassionate while comparing to people who are less fortunate, to affirm or confirm that you are better off, is imo the same.

It is not scientific proof, but i used an LLM to make an overview of where negative social comparison is most common

It’s not, but it’s a trademark, often used to excuse selfish behaviour in the US.

Only for the poor though. The rich will be fine

The American mentality of 'Yeah its bad, but it could be worse" or “Yeah this sucks but at least or sucks more for someone else”

It solves nothing, as long as there are people doing worse than you. Maybe this is why they are trying so hard to mess up the lives of people who already are messed up

Russia v2

Oh they have videos now? Last time i was there it was mostly just ads

If you are lucky you get ads before a paid review of a product that was donated by the manufacturer and then ads in between

it was part of the joke

nah… they are looking at bankbooks. you can be any color you want as long as you have enough money or can do someone powerful a favor

chatgpt says WXIU36 but i think it is WXU86

Apparently i need to add /s

Also made into a movie with Richard Gere

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1028532/

Seems like nationality is irellevat if people have enough money

Yeah… USA seems to like all the wrong things and it will have it’s consequences

It’s fair to assume that it was worth a try though and likely that they’ll pull everything back again once they realize he’ll keep asking for more.

The rest of the world has nothing to lose but the visa is shutting every door to every ally and partner they ever had

Yeah… humanity has moved on. We dont let people die just because we dont need them

Having to pay, to give birth, sounds shocking to some if not even many civilized countries

I still don’t get it even though you call it sane.

To me it sounds like giving your money away to become poor, so that things become expensive to you, just so that you can buy expensive stuff

Yeah i agree. My point is that cruelty is not the reason. Its the tool. I dont think they really care as long as they get more power or money

Time wise, the moon landing is located roughly in the middle between the first image, and now. It happened almost 60 years ago (59).

We have since invented the internet, and a lot of great ways to waste our time

I dont really care what the UK and its politicians do or say. The press though should tell things as they are.

On further research though, the operation was to hinder an operation or at least create inconvenience. It does not seem to have any ideological, social or political purpose

Sabotage is typically the deliberate destruction or damage of property or resources to hinder an operation, while terrorism is the use of violence and intimidation to achieve political, ideological, or social goals.