• Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
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    I agree with the fish that what you say is USA only isn’t.
    Basically where economy (power) is dominated by the few such problems exist.

    But I would just like to add that I still cringed when you brought up Canada as the counterpoint to USA. Its not that I disagree with what you wanted to compare, its just that to me those two countries are such an extremely similar shade of late stage systems they seem the same unless in direct comparison.

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      Canada is very different from the US in many ways relevant to this post.

      Canada doesn’t have “at will” work. Medicine is purchased by the government with immense buying power. Canada has anti-hate laws that supercede free speech, and still have the right to protest and assemble (which has basically been removed in the US). Women’s health is protected, and hopefully soon they will offer free hygiene products for women. Maternity/paternity leave is protected. No abortion bans here. Weed is legal, and harm reduction therapy is a common thing.

      I could go on but i feel like you just wanted to cringe at people who don’t think the US is a proper “developed” country.

      You are also wrong about the economy being controlled by a few. When there is actually only a few, like dictators, they come and take your entire crops for almost nothing, which is an unthinkable tax rate for democracies. You don’t get education, and you don’t get highways or drinking water. These things are offered to you because the government needs productive citizens to make money. It’s The rules for rulers. Democracies are complicated and full of corruption specifically because it takes many people to do anything, not a few.

      Tl;dr It takes 2 seconds of research to see you are wrong on every point.

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        I think you have not understood me when I explicitly agreed with the point - twice in the same post.

        What did you even “research” (and why/how was that new to you)?

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          Ok try not to trip over backpedaling there.

          You said you cringed at comparing the US to Canada because it’s the same shade of grey. It’s not. That’s what we’re talking about, it doesn’t matter that you agree with the post in general.

          I didn’t need to research, because I’m not an ignorant idiot who speaks about countries they know nothing about. You on the other hand, could have done some research before making shit up. There’s literally a 20 minute educational video in my link, watch it, that’s considered researching this information…

          Even if not in direct comparison, they aren’t the same shade of grey at all. Canada is comparable to Europe, not the US. And yes they are all late stage capitalistic nations, congrats on that astute observation. It doesn’t mean you aren’t wrong

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            Side topic: I find it very interesting that mods will not act against toxic comments like these that obviously use ad hominem but will remove a lot of comments that are critical of ideas that the mods support simply for existing. Go figure.

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              No, no, the redditor has got a point, I am not disputing the fact that I’m an idiot at all.

              (But yes about that you said. Then again I don’t know much about mod tools, like if there is word flagging, or even how many mods there are.)

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            Canada is comparable to Europe, not the US.

            I didn’t need to research, because I’m not an ignorant idiot who speaks about countries they know nothing about.

            :)

            Unless by “Europe” you mean UK, which Im again going to bunch in with Canada and USA.