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Well...maybe. I will say USG is super on top of their shit when it comes to passports overseas. Total adhesion to protocol, and well thought out protocol at t

Well...maybe. I will say USG is super on top of their shit when it comes to passports overseas. Total adhesion to protocol, and well thought out protocol at that, I have to recognize that in the face of your accusation of incompetence. You could be right too, not saying you're not. But I feel obliged to vindicate them.

atlasunshrugged 5y ago
It's a good point- there are different agencies and even departments within agencies with different leaderships and cultures of how things should be done. I've also only ever had good experiences as an American overseas dealing with passport/embassy issues in general (although it sounds terrible for anyone trying to immigrate) but other agencies are an absolute nightmare. USGS is doing their best but I think it's going to take a seismic event to reform the culture in some of these places.
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- daniel-cussen 5y ago
  EDIT: Using "you" rhetorically, not accusing parent poster. I actually have heard of this, despite not witnessing it much. Dark side of the moon, but yeah...I guess they must have some way of detecting my vibe, like I believe in paying taxes, not only when rich, but with little regard for how poor as well, and have never met a single person who agrees with me...well in the Bible yes, Christ paid 100% taxes. Just us two. Who knows if G-men have a way of detecting that, that would be so weird, like actually find a person who doesn't value the taxes they pay at 0%, which is identical to valuing the government at 0, and the work they do at 0, and even the help they provide you personally at 0 (otherwise you would value taxes at say .000001% of what you pay because that's how much is coming back to you, but that's my personal reasoning without any input from anybody claiming this, I've never heard an accountant make this claim), so I guess...if they pick up on people thinking they're worth literally fucking nothing in every way and in everything they do...they don't like that, and don't want to help you. Although they still help tons of people regardless. They may resent it though. And maybe if people weren't so tax-averse, but not just for what other people have to pay, but what they themselves have to pay (I've heard of this in Sweden, that's where I got these ideas), then the government would respect taxes differently because it's not as adversarial (putting myself in tax-hating shoes here, trying to see the moon's dark side from Earth with my imagination, because I sure can't do it with my empathy). Now I'm starting to see why I disagree with everyone in this regard, little by little. Everyone hates taxes (meaning want to pay the minimum), except me. So everyone has an incredibly shitty relationship with the government (according to them, that's all I hear people talk about), except me. Maybe there's some link between those two things. Note also if I choose I can reduce how much extra I pay unilaterally, I don't need literally anybody's permission to reduce what I contribute down to the near-minimum amounts like everyone else. Like if I judge that a government hates me with true hatred, I can develop the same hatred for paying taxes to it as anybody else.
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atlasunshrugged 5y ago

It's a good point- there are different agencies and even departments within agencies with different leaderships and cultures of how things should be done. I've also only ever had good experiences as an American overseas dealing with passport/embassy issues in general (although it sounds terrible for anyone trying to immigrate) but other agencies are an absolute nightmare. USGS is doing their best but I think it's going to take a seismic event to reform the culture in some of these places.

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daniel-cussen 5y ago
EDIT: Using "you" rhetorically, not accusing parent poster. I actually have heard of this, despite not witnessing it much. Dark side of the moon, but yeah...I guess they must have some way of detecting my vibe, like I believe in paying taxes, not only when rich, but with little regard for how poor as well, and have never met a single person who agrees with me...well in the Bible yes, Christ paid 100% taxes. Just us two. Who knows if G-men have a way of detecting that, that would be so weird, like actually find a person who doesn't value the taxes they pay at 0%, which is identical to valuing the government at 0, and the work they do at 0, and even the help they provide you personally at 0 (otherwise you would value taxes at say .000001% of what you pay because that's how much is coming back to you, but that's my personal reasoning without any input from anybody claiming this, I've never heard an accountant make this claim), so I guess...if they pick up on people thinking they're worth literally fucking nothing in every way and in everything they do...they don't like that, and don't want to help you. Although they still help tons of people regardless. They may resent it though. And maybe if people weren't so tax-averse, but not just for what other people have to pay, but what they themselves have to pay (I've heard of this in Sweden, that's where I got these ideas), then the government would respect taxes differently because it's not as adversarial (putting myself in tax-hating shoes here, trying to see the moon's dark side from Earth with my imagination, because I sure can't do it with my empathy). Now I'm starting to see why I disagree with everyone in this regard, little by little. Everyone hates taxes (meaning want to pay the minimum), except me. So everyone has an incredibly shitty relationship with the government (according to them, that's all I hear people talk about), except me. Maybe there's some link between those two things. Note also if I choose I can reduce how much extra I pay unilaterally, I don't need literally anybody's permission to reduce what I contribute down to the near-minimum amounts like everyone else. Like if I judge that a government hates me with true hatred, I can develop the same hatred for paying taxes to it as anybody else.

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