☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoThe U.S. is no longer one of the 20 happiest countries. If you're young, you probably know why.www.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down10cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1108arrow-down1external-linkThe U.S. is no longer one of the 20 happiest countries. If you're young, you probably know why.www.nbcnews.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square27fedilinkcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
minus-squaresourquincelog [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·7 months agoThe USA is still a very young country (in the sense that settlers have only been reaping the land for ~150 years in the entire western half). Each little sliver of opportunity hadn’t been snatched up until pretty recently.
minus-squareTimmytheDragon [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 months agoYeah, in that sense, but native people have been in America for 10k years.
minus-squarenohaybanda [he/him]@hexbear.netcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoBut they were stewards of the land, not stripping every last bit of profit from it and leaving wasteland behind.
The USA is still a very young country (in the sense that settlers have only been reaping the land for ~150 years in the entire western half). Each little sliver of opportunity hadn’t been snatched up until pretty recently.
Yeah, in that sense, but native people have been in America for 10k years.
But they were stewards of the land, not stripping every last bit of profit from it and leaving wasteland behind.