• @[email protected]
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    -102 months ago

    Isn’t it kind of weird to point at medal counts in the Olympics to say that America sucks? Most overall medals and second in gold medals. Shitting on America, no matter if it makes sense or not.

    • @Ookami38
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      182 months ago

      Bit of a woosh. It’s a joke about the specific category. America, the country with the largest number of shooting deaths, has 0 medals in the shooting category.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 months ago

        America is not the country with the highest number of shooting deaths, nor is it the country with the highest per-capita number of shooting deaths. You have been misinformed by propaganda.

        • AWildMimicAppears
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          72 months ago

          yeah, it would be correct to say: “the country with the most shooting deaths that is not an active warzone”

          • @[email protected]
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            32 months ago

            Who is Brazil at war with? I didn’t think they were actively participating in any wars.

            • @[email protected]
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              42 months ago

              Brazil has a lot of gun deaths. But it’s worth keeping in mind that lots of the Amazon region is essentially a lawless “Wild West” and that specialized police units are, in fact, in war with enormous trafficking gangs. “Regular people” get shot too, of course, in violent crime incidents. But besides this, many “regular people” don’t own guns and don’t advocate for guns in the same way as in the US. There’s not really a “gun culture” that regular people participate in — it’s not an identity. Certainly not as much as the US.

              I think that’s what makes the photo a valid joke and criticism of the US and that it wouldn’t work for other countries like Brazil. It’s not just looking at total gun deaths or other absolute metrics, it’s also taking into account the layers that make guns in the US a cultural symbol. The US is basically the “gun country” of the world because in the US, guns aren’t just a gang or criminal thing, they’re a “regular” thing.

      • @[email protected]
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        -12 months ago

        I get the joke, it’s ironic. Which should have been the title. Just like it’s ironic to point to medal counts as evidence that America sucks.

        But it’s Lemmy and you get extra points for shitting on America, regardless of how much sense it makes.