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> A little bit less anger is called for here. I'm not an American voter but this sort of thing is just a turn-off and pushes people away into the extremes. Fai
by pierat 3y ago
> A little bit less anger is called for here. I'm not an American voter but this sort of thing is just a turn-off and pushes people away into the extremes.
Fair enough, my apologies. However the "Ironically the government could dramatically improve matters by interfering in your private life less" is a direct libertarian dog whistle.
And my complaint about 40% tax isn't complaining about the tax per se, but that I want a proper social net for everyone. Instead, we're getting a social net for almost nobody.
The republican party is also joined at the hip with evangelical christians who would love to create a Margaret Atwood-ean Handmaid's Tale country... In fact, they're a good step there at the federal court level and most republican led states. This is definitely separated from taxes, since this is turning everyone into stasi-like informants. Reducing taxes is not going to reduce higher profile women being found guilty of "murder" over abortion.
Again, the better solutions here are to flea to a democratic state, or leave the country to a less shitty one. (Again, I reject the idea that all countries are roughly the same.)
- FredPret 3y ago> Fair enough, my apologies. No problem. I'm not American so there's little point in swaying me one way or the other. I agree with you on pretty much all of it, but I don't think that my other statement was a libertarian dog whistle. It's just a policy that I think would work - the government is for running the justice system, defence, taking out the garbage, maybe a social safety net depending on who you ask, stuff like that. A little bit of libertarianism (certainly not all of it) is the perfect cure for a Handmaid's Tale scenario. Just one last point - some countries are certainly much better than others. I'm from Africa, have lived in Europe, and now I live in Canada, which is the best of all in my opinion. The USA though is amazing and far ahead of the rest in many ways - the drawbacks have been discussed but all that economic and social freedom does not count for nothing. I think all advanced countries have something to offer to someone who's aligned the right way. For 40% tax you'd expect a whole lot of nice things though!