SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: David, you talk about "working for a bowl of rice" like you’ve never stepped outside the bubble of American mythology.

David, you talk about "working for a bowl of rice" like you’ve never stepped outside the bubble of American mythology. You speak of "dignity" as if it’s measured by hourly wages instead of what people can actually afford. You praise American "leisure," yet half the country can’t afford a medical emergency, a home, or a dignified retirement. You think working in Vietnam is misery. But millions of Americans are working two jobs and still drowning in rent, debt, and healthcare costs. You confuse high wages with quality of life. But what’s the point of a $25-an-hour job when rent is $2,500, insurance is useless, and a trip to the ER costs more than a month’s salary? In Vietnam, people may work hard, but they eat well. They own their homes. They own their land. They walk safely at night. They pay next to nothing for healthcare. They don’t drown in debt just to exist. In the U.S., people lease cars they can’t afford to drive to jobs that barely cover their bills. They rent homes from hedge funds. They live paycheck to paycheck in a system that extracts more than it provides. And in case you missed it, no one in Vietnam goes bankrupt because they broke a bone. No one loses their home over a hospital bill. Public healthcare asks what you need, not how much you can pay. So let’s talk economics since you pretend to care about numbers. Vietnam’s GDP per capita may look low until you adjust for purchasing power. Then you realize the average Vietnamese lives better, healthier, and freer from debt than millions of Americans trapped in a high-income, high-cost, low-security system. You talk like Vietnam is poor. Yet tens of thousands of Westerners relocate here every year to escape the very system you glorify. They are not moving for the weather. They are moving for peace, affordability, and the dignity you claim only the West can offer. Vietnam didn’t climb out of war and famine to be lectured by someone who’s never had to rebuild anything. We didn’t inherit prosperity. We built it. Without Wall Street. Without colonies. Without trillion-dollar bailouts. Without turning the world into a battlefield to fund comfort at home. We built it with memory, discipline, and work that means something. And when we build, we pass it down. In Vietnam, families inherit homes. In the U.S., they inherit student debt and medical bills. That’s the real inheritance gap your GDP doesn’t show. You think dignity is tied to dollar signs. We tie it to sovereignty. To survival. To the ability to live without being devoured by your own economy. So when you reduce our success to "cheap labor," You’re not criticizing Vietnam. You’re revealing what your system fears most: A nation that can thrive without needing to exploit anyone. We don’t envy your wealth. We measure ours by what people can afford. By what they can build. And by what they can hand down. You mistake your struggle for leisure. We built our freedom while yours was slipping into foreclosure. Until you can survive without debt, afford a home without a second job, and access healthcare without fearing bankruptcy, Don’t lecture a country that rose from nothing into a functioning society. And don’t talk to us about dignity. Because the only thing more expensive than your lifestyle is your illusion of superiority.

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David Copperfield

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This is your first post I will not like. It is not "dignity" that makes you produce cheaper than USA. Making people work for 12 hours a day for a bowl of rice is not "dignity". Western and American products are more expensive because our workers have right to free time leissure.

4:24 AM · Jul 4, 2025

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