Yes, I was specifically talking about America. I don’t know how mental health is in Argentina.
Edit: Not entirely sure why I’m being downvoted here. Why would I talk about mental health care in Argentina? I’ve never sent foot into the country and the only thing I know about it is that the city of Buenos Aires is in it.
You’re probably being dogpiled for perceived Ameri-centrism.
The irony, in my mind, is that while you were kinda veering the discussion in a different direction, per your edit you explicitly did so because you have no knowledge of mental healthcare in Argentina which is very much not Ameri-centrism.
If I had to put words to most of the downvotes, they would probably say “fuck you, this is a discussion about Argentina’s mental healthcare, not mental healthcare more broadly,” which again in a bit of irony, detracts from the discussion of how to address mental health crises.
It’s hard to get into the minds of a sea of semi-anonymous voters to determine their motivations. I’m sure they all had their own reasons, and yours may be one of them.
Doubling down on what? Do you know what “doubling down” actually means?
The comment I replied to was talking about humanity as a species. I responded by narrowing the discussion to individual countries because mental health care varies dramatically from one country to another. Some countries have excellent mental health systems; others don’t. The United States, in my view, has a particularly poor one.
The fact that the original incident occurred in Argentina is irrelevant to the point I was making.
More importantly, I can only speak from my own experience. I’ve lived in the United States for the overwhelming majority of my life, so that’s the system I know. Why would I pretend to speak authoritatively about countries I’ve never lived in?
As a country. Metal health in America is bullshit. Other countries take it way more seriously.
The story says this happened in Argentina.
Argentina, a possibly more mentally unwell country also saddled with way too many insane tech bros and libertarian sociopaths.
Still America - just not America™[1]
Really wish we could double-capitalize words… ↩︎
I sometimes make jokes about Nazis fleeing to Argentina but I really dont know much about the country’s culture.
Yes, I was specifically talking about America. I don’t know how mental health is in Argentina.
Edit: Not entirely sure why I’m being downvoted here. Why would I talk about mental health care in Argentina? I’ve never sent foot into the country and the only thing I know about it is that the city of Buenos Aires is in it.
You’re probably being dogpiled for perceived Ameri-centrism.
The irony, in my mind, is that while you were kinda veering the discussion in a different direction, per your edit you explicitly did so because you have no knowledge of mental healthcare in Argentina which is very much not Ameri-centrism.
If I had to put words to most of the downvotes, they would probably say “fuck you, this is a discussion about Argentina’s mental healthcare, not mental healthcare more broadly,” which again in a bit of irony, detracts from the discussion of how to address mental health crises.
I think it’s just annoyance at the idiomatic use of “America” when the discussion is about the Americas.
Huh, never considered that.
It’s hard to get into the minds of a sea of semi-anonymous voters to determine their motivations. I’m sure they all had their own reasons, and yours may be one of them.
The minds of the sea of semi-anonymous lemmings is likely hard to understand due to endemic parochialism in the USA.
I don’t think that’s part of why I can’t read anyone’s mind, but okay.
Well it’s a fairly common discussion on Lemmy, Reddit, microblogging, etc., that “America” as the USA doesn’t float well outside of the USA.
not any better
Ah, the double-down. Interesting gambit
Doubling down on what? Do you know what “doubling down” actually means?
The comment I replied to was talking about humanity as a species. I responded by narrowing the discussion to individual countries because mental health care varies dramatically from one country to another. Some countries have excellent mental health systems; others don’t. The United States, in my view, has a particularly poor one.
The fact that the original incident occurred in Argentina is irrelevant to the point I was making.
More importantly, I can only speak from my own experience. I’ve lived in the United States for the overwhelming majority of my life, so that’s the system I know. Why would I pretend to speak authoritatively about countries I’ve never lived in?
Is there an American defaultism community on Lemmy yet?
I think we really need it lol
Yes, I was specifically talking about America.