Updated statement came after KIVI-TV sent FBI photo reportedly showing 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties

It was, yes, an immigration raid

  • NeilBrü@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    edit-2
    10 months ago

    I did. I was born in Chicago. I fucked off to Europe a couple years ago, to the Netherlands.

    In many ways superior to the US, no doubt.

    But if I’m being honest? Same-ish problems. Perhaps, a smaller scale. I’ve been fortunate to see much of the world, at least far more than the average natural-born US citizen. I speak 4 languages. 2 of them fluently. The same societal sicknesses in America pervade the globe.

    Certainly, the US is a dumpster-fire, but it’s not the only trash receptacle that’s ablaze at the moment, and it definitely didn’t start there, historically.

      • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        10 months ago

        more occurrences than all the other countries on the respective lists combined. WTF?

        Just in the interest of clarity, depending on the data and how the studies are done etc…

        The U.S tends to have more occurrences of almost everything compared to a lot of European neighbors because it’s so HUGE both in population and sheer landmass.

        Even adjusted, some of our stats are still alarmingly high, but I wanted to make sure this aspect was considered.