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> A big problem with many parts of Africa is that everyone is lower class.

And the problem with many parts of North America is that everyone is a fat ass.

Please be a little more thoughtful in your sweeping generalizations. Better yet, don't make any.

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Obesity is obviously a problem in many parts of America. What's your point?

It's the easy way out. A good way for latte sipping hipsters to feel as if they understand the world's problems.

http://rationalconspiracy.com/2012/07/08/the-fallacy-of-comp...

Author thinks author is justified in saying stuff that other people don't agree with.

Film at 11.

S/he is free to have their own opinion. I'm just saying that I think it betrays a certain lack of sophistication to make wholesale generalizations.

everyone is in the lower class. How do YOU define lower class in the case? I've heard of African billionaires. This is what he means by sweeping generalizations.

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