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Hearing that you only lived in LA makes your take on the US very partial and flawed. LA has a reputation even within the US of being what you describe as a "sh
by rwev 5y ago
Hearing that you only lived in LA makes your take on the US very partial and flawed.
LA has a reputation even within the US of being what you describe as a "shithole."
I lived in Germany for years, the former east, and it would be unfair to call Germany a "shithole" based on my own experience in the former Soviet bloc, which has struggled both pre and post reunification due to Communist rule.
- severino 5y ago> I lived in Germany for years, the former east, and it would be unfair to call Germany a "shithole" based on my own experience in the former Soviet bloc, which has struggled both pre and post reunification due to Communist rule. Come on, dude. Germany was "communist" for less than 40 years. You have been "free" and cool for 33 and counting. The wall existed for only 28. Are you going to keep blaming "communists" for the next 400 years? :D
- rwev 5y agoThe lasting impact and practical effects of the iron curtain on both culture and economic is real. In fact, there is special income tax, Solidaritätszuschlag, that is paid on all income as special assistance in rebuilding and equalizing the former East. And you know nothing about me.
- severino 5y ago> And you know nothing about me. I know you think the east side of Germany is not a good place today because what happened there more than 30 years ago. But you know what? GDR commies said in the late 80s their regime was not a good place either because what happened there 40 years earlier! Sound familiar?