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The part of it that is ridiculous is that Americans protect their richest minority without being part of it. Seriously, America is the country where paid sickn

The part of it that is ridiculous is that Americans protect their richest minority without being part of it. Seriously, America is the country where paid sickness leaves or maternity leaves are not guaranteed. America is the country where waiters are expected to make the most of their living income from tips and not from their salary. America is the country where local governments have outlawed people from collecting rainwater while giving exclusive contracts to rich corporations to collect ground water or pollute it by dumping fracking waste into or near it. America is the country where the police can rob normal people from their money without probable cause (civil asset forfeiture) and the majority will rally behind said policemen because "blue lives matter". America is the country where home owners aren't free to plant vegetables in from of their own houses, on their own property and you call that country "the land of the free". America is the country that goes to war to make corporations and shareholders richer and you all call it "bringing them liberation and democracy" while America's legislators, judges, sheriffs and government officials can be bought by Political Action Committees and "unions", sometimes for as little as access to garden parties, golf clubs, tickets for sports events in VIP boxes and other trinkets. Do you think those laws are to protect the people, or corporations like Walmart, Costco, Nestle, Halliburton, Exxon-Mobil and others? Still absolutely ridiculous. Here's the thing about the future of humanity: if we want to have a future without perpetual (American-caused) war, we must promote and nurture post-scarcity cultures.

worik 11y ago
America is the country that sends the most on health for the worst outcomes America is the country that spends millions/billions/trillions invading desert countries and does not fund public education America is the country where politicians have to publish in a register the bribes they take so voters know who they really represent (it is not he voters!) America is the country that would not regulate derivatives and off market trading America is not unique in any one of these things. But it is unique in being so rich and so dysfunctional. So smart and creative so cruel and failure prone. And they have more military than the rest of the world combined, and they are quite will to use it for the indiscriminate slaughter of millions. Sending uniformed psychopaths all over the world to kill and maim was quite risky, so now all those smarts are turning to robots! Killing and maiming by remote control. Evil. My hope? The USA elects a Tea Party slate of candidates and goes isolationist. They can keep Elon Musk if they put their seven (or is it nine?) carrier groups in port and leave them there. In a word (or two): Fuck Off.
- task_queue 11y ago
  > My hope? The USA elects a Tea Party slate of candidates and goes isolationist. The Tea Party can be motivated to support our continued invasions as long as it fits in their framework or is promoted by their figureheads, just like any other party. There's too much money to be made in fucking up the world.

worik 11y ago

America is the country that sends the most on health for the worst outcomes America is the country that spends millions/billions/trillions invading desert countries and does not fund public education America is the country where politicians have to publish in a register the bribes they take so voters know who they really represent (it is not he voters!) America is the country that would not regulate derivatives and off market trading America is not unique in any one of these things. But it is unique in being so rich and so dysfunctional. So smart and creative so cruel and failure prone. And they have more military than the rest of the world combined, and they are quite will to use it for the indiscriminate slaughter of millions. Sending uniformed psychopaths all over the world to kill and maim was quite risky, so now all those smarts are turning to robots! Killing and maiming by remote control. Evil. My hope? The USA elects a Tea Party slate of candidates and goes isolationist. They can keep Elon Musk if they put their seven (or is it nine?) carrier groups in port and leave them there. In a word (or two): Fuck Off.

task_queue 11y ago
> My hope? The USA elects a Tea Party slate of candidates and goes isolationist. The Tea Party can be motivated to support our continued invasions as long as it fits in their framework or is promoted by their figureheads, just like any other party. There's too much money to be made in fucking up the world.