You know, you should really try to give people the benefit of the doubt. I have plenty of experience with people I've worked with not from the U.S. that have me

You know, you should really try to give people the benefit of the doubt. I have plenty of experience with people I've worked with not from the U.S. that have mentioned they would love to see the downfall of this country and I'm sure people would easily dismiss this as "anecdotal evidence" so I'm not sure what would make you happy here. Furthermore, if you read my post a bit more carefully, you would realize that I'm not making an umbrella statement. It's very hard to have a critical discussion about things when people immediately point a finger and excuse someone of being inflammatory. It's ironic that you're saying I'm not fit of posting in an intellectual forum when you can't even entertain someone's thought experiment. Very sad the state of affairs on HN and even more sad when there is an unequal balance of voting/flagging power on this board. P.S. If you haven't noticed, my post was flagged and taken down (quite unfairly if you ask me). I wrote two edits explaining my viewpoint in further detail but I guess you can't see that now.