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		ci5er on Nov 18, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Myths of the 1 Percent: What’s Putting People at t... Just a question: How many countries have you visited? In asking this, I'm assuming that since you say "here", your PoV is the United States. If that is incorrect, I apologize.

sidlls on Nov 18, 2017 [–]

I've visited about a dozen countries. Some of them "third world." The US has pockets of communities that are as impoverished as anywhere.

ci5er on Nov 18, 2017 | [–]

I'd hate to call them "as impoverished as anywhere", but there are some pretty rough spots in the US to be sure.

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