I thought we should bring some attention to this.

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

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          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.

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              I was, in fact, talking about both The Netherlands and the U.S., which I just explained to you and you apparently didn’t read.

              Maybe this is why you seem to be the only one confused about what I’m talking about.

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                  Since they currently can’t seem to tell the difference between one country and two countries, I’m thinking more like tequila.

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                    I mean, anyone with half a brain doesn’t eat Taco Bell, and his name… My humour can be odd lmao

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                I was, in fact, talking about both The Netherlands and the U.S.

                So why on earth were you so confused that you thought “the only two options were ‘only the U.S.’ or ‘every country in the world.’” Neither of these two options includes the Netherlands.

                Maybe this is why you seem to be the only one confused about what I’m talking about.

                No one is confused about what you are talking about: we all know you can’t talk about the bad in any country (at least in the EU) without at least shitting on the US too. It’s just a lot of other people are just like you.

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                  So why on earth were you so confused that you thought “the only two options were ‘only the U.S.’ or ‘every country in the world.’” Neither of these two options includes the Netherlands.

                  Your question makes no sense. I was talking about two countries. Therefore, it was a geopolitical issue.

                  No one is confused about what you are talking about: we all know you can’t talk about the bad in any country (at least in the EU) without at least shitting on the US too.

                  Then that should be easy for you to prove. Please do so. Unless it was a lie. Was it a lie?

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                    Therefore, it was a geopolitical issue.

                    So, billionaires not paying their fair share is just a US/Netherlands issue? If not, in your attempt to weasel out of what you said, you’re just confirming my point that you can’t talk about another country having bad shit without shitting on America.

                    Then that should be easy for you to prove.

                    lol. You said that everyone but me knew what you were talking about. . .but now when I assume what everyone else knows, I’m lying. Pretty safe to say your accusation is a confession. What’s good for the goose…