Jason Voorhees
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Be grateful for the opportunities you have. Be thankful you aren't born in the third world. I see many people here taking that for granted.
Y'all will know what real hopelessness means when you grow up in the third world. One wrong decision and you are on the streets begging for food. I've seen kids as little as from 6th grade grind through 18 hour study days for exams that gatekeep a handful of "respectable" jobs. Everything is buried under nepotism, bribes, and a system that rewards connections over merit.
Dreams of starting a business or breaking into tech. Crushed by red tape, black money, and parents screaming government job or bust.
I've seen slum kids who have cracked international Olympiads haul trash and unable to complete education because school fees are fantasy. The most amazing singers I've seen becoming rag pickers and street artists to earn a living. Championship level athelete reduced to railway station TCs. Each of these people had the talent to become winners in life but were never given the opportunity.
The third world is a graveyard of talent and unfulfilled dreams of the middle class. Billions of hours of human brilliance wasted in call centers, chai stalls, and corrupt offices while the elite sip imported whiskies. I was still lucky with my spawn being born into a well off family but there are millions of people who aren't.
Third world cities are factories producing obedient cogs. If you're reading this with a stable internet connection and zero fear of tomorrow's meal. You're already in privileged. Someone is praying to be in your place and dreams to get the opportunities you get.
Y'all will know what real hopelessness means when you grow up in the third world. One wrong decision and you are on the streets begging for food. I've seen kids as little as from 6th grade grind through 18 hour study days for exams that gatekeep a handful of "respectable" jobs. Everything is buried under nepotism, bribes, and a system that rewards connections over merit.
Dreams of starting a business or breaking into tech. Crushed by red tape, black money, and parents screaming government job or bust.
I've seen slum kids who have cracked international Olympiads haul trash and unable to complete education because school fees are fantasy. The most amazing singers I've seen becoming rag pickers and street artists to earn a living. Championship level athelete reduced to railway station TCs. Each of these people had the talent to become winners in life but were never given the opportunity.
The third world is a graveyard of talent and unfulfilled dreams of the middle class. Billions of hours of human brilliance wasted in call centers, chai stalls, and corrupt offices while the elite sip imported whiskies. I was still lucky with my spawn being born into a well off family but there are millions of people who aren't.
Third world cities are factories producing obedient cogs. If you're reading this with a stable internet connection and zero fear of tomorrow's meal. You're already in privileged. Someone is praying to be in your place and dreams to get the opportunities you get.
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