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How Americans Got Dehumanized Into Exploiting Each Other

an excerpt:

The other day, I told the story of how a man collapsed in front of me — literally convulsing — and nobody stopped to help him. That parable tells the tale of the bizarre cruelty and indifference of American life. People stepped over him, as if he wasn’t there. All he needed was a glass of water and a bite to eat. Here was a man literally dying of thirst…on a street full of restaurants and cafes…and nobody stopped to help him.

I want to ask the question: why are Americans like this? Why are they so indifferent, cruel — to a degree which can only, by now, really be described as obscene and grotesque? I’ve seen scenes like the above — people simply stepping over those left to die in the street — wherever I’ve lived in America. I’ve never seen them anywhere else in the world. Even in poor countries, the community would have come together to help the man dying of thirst.


https://medium.com/eudaimonia-co/why-are-americans-so-cruel-to-each-other-ae7ac49fdefd