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I'm against them becoming citizens of the EU - they ruined the us, they will do the same here.
by ItCouldBeWorse 3y ago
I'm against them becoming citizens of the EU - they ruined the us, they will do the same here.
- brodouevencode 3y agoThe EU did a pretty good job of tanking itself
- redserk 3y agoCould you elaborate on how the EU is “tanking itself”?
- RestlessMind 3y agoBrexit - a key member left. Ukraine and energy crisis - EU's biggest member(s) depended on Russia for their energy in spite of warnings. Rise of far right in Germany, Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Italy, France, .. Which is itself in response to the bungled handling of the Syrian refugee crisis.
- CuriouslyC 3y agoTo be fair, the wealthy didn't ruin the US, I think the tea party movement and the involvement of near-retarded anti-vax flat-earth paranoid conspiracy nuts in politics is ruining things.
- mcbuilder 3y agoThose people help vote in bad politicians, but their propaganda is fed by opportunistic and wealthy. It's a cycle, but it's definitely "top-down" at least if you want to ascribe actual malice.
- 082349872349872 3y agoAccording to Goldstein, The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism (appearing in [Orwell49]), there are two possible governing coalitions in any society: Low+High (vs Middle) or Low+Middle (vs High). If both Low and Middle were to agree the High ought be taxed, it would be to the High's advantage to stoke culture wars between Low and Middle in an effort to ensure the first coalition. (posted before at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39826408 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39826408 )
- CuriouslyC 3y agoThere are wealthy people on both sides of the equation. The braindead mouthbreather contingent is much larger on one side of the spectrum.
- phkahler 3y ago>> To be fair, the wealthy didn't ruin the US Not sure how you think US policy is controlled by anyone other than rich people...
- jkestner 3y agoAnd who funded this idiocy in order to get less taxes and regulations?