• Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I lived in Connecticut. I used to live in a city outside the capital, with transport available all the time. Then I moved to the sticks, 50 miles away. Same state, just the most rural part.

    In a group I did, they showed a woman being a success story from the program. In the video, she was using our bus systems in rhe cities. 4/5 people chirped up and aggreed, “hey we don’t have busses in Connecticut this video is fake”. I was like, no yeah, we have busses, just not here.

    So many people I met in that area, are born, live, work, retire, and die, without ever stepping foot out of their county.

    It’s sad.

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      So many people I met in that area, are born, live, work, retire, and die, without ever stepping foot out of their county.

      It’s sad.

      It’s not sad. It’s called right to self-determination, and it means that people are free to live a boring life.

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        somebody never leaving the place where they were born is not evidence for or against self-determination.

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        No you’re right, it’s not sad a person doesn’t get to travel. I myself have never left New England, but I’ve been all over it. What’s sad is they don’t know other cultures or way of life, then become fearful of them, then hateful, and dismissive.

        It’s a pathway to ignorance of you aren’t a learning seeking person. Those people in rhe class didn’t know our state had public transport, and actively thought it was fake, the video no longer resonated with them, as it didn’t represent them. That’s whats sad.

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        If you have access and the ability to do something and choose not to, that’s self-determination. If you don’t have the choice then it isn’t.