I thought we should bring some attention to this.

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    25 days ago

    Yes, clearly, by pointing out the absurdity of shitting on America in a piece about the Netherlands, I’m saying that America is perfect. It’s always black and white; there’s no room for nuance.

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      25 days ago

      It’s only absurd if you don’t consider taxation of the rich a geopolitical issue.

      But I would suggest most people here do not share that belief.

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        It’s only absurd if you don’t consider taxation of the rich a geopolitical issue.

        If you had said something about billionaires across the world, this defense would hold some water. But it wasn’t, it was just mindless shitting on America. Couldn’t just talk about another country and it’s problems, without the knee-jerk claim that America is worse.

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            25 days ago

            Which is the country that by far has the most billionaires?

            The US. You said it’s a worldwide issue. The US is the world now?

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                25 days ago

                Geopolitical issues only involve the US? Your pedantry makes no difference here.

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                  25 days ago

                  I didn’t realize the only two options were ‘only the U.S.’ or ‘every country in the world.’

                  Now… try to follow me… why do you think there are so many more billionaires in a country where they pay almost no taxes than one where they pay 28% taxes? Do you think the fact that there are exponentially more billionaires living in the U.S. than there are in the Netherlands and the fact that those billionaires pay almost no taxes might be related to the fact that there are billionaires in the Netherlands who pay over a quarter of their income in taxes, even if the average Dutch citizen pays more?

                  But sure, that comparison has nothing to do with the subject at hand and is just shitting on the U.S. for absolutely no reason. I’m sorry I offended your sense of patriotism. God bless America and all it stands for.

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                    I didn’t realize the only two options were ‘only the U.S.’ or ‘every country in the world.’

                    Not that it is limited to this third option, but it should be very clear that there was at least one additional option: talking about Netherlands. You know, the country the article is about. But that would take actually critically thinking for a second.

                    Now, just because you blindly hate America and can’t, for a second, talk about another country without shitting on America too, that doesn’t mean I’m blindly patriotic. Again, the world’s not black and white. I understand that this is hard for you to grasp.