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> And there will always be oligopolies, always have been, better they be on your side that on your adversaries' side. They're not on _your_ side, as much as yo

> And there will always be oligopolies, always have been, better they be on your side that on your adversaries' side. They're not on _your_ side, as much as you want to believe they are. > Morality and shaming others for not following your values never wins, power wins. Do you think the US is winning? The American people? Right now, Europeans are "winning" with the highest quality of life in the world. That's not true for the American population. > Crazy people still don't get it. I think we can both agree on that.

FirmwareBurner 1y ago
>They're not on _your_ side, as much as you want to believe they are. They're accountable to the government Americans vote for, that's what I meant. Better for them to be accountable to your government than a foreign government. >Do you think the US is winning? The American people? You're deflecting instead of answering my question: If Chinese oligopolies would replace them, would the US citizens be winning more or less? >Right now, Europeans are "winning" with the highest quality of life in the world. Tell that to Europeans who can't afford a home and who are struggling to pay the bills. HN users constantly pulling out a random statistic off Google to dispute the reality people actually live in is the bane of this forum. "You see, you can't be doing poorly, because the graph or the statistic shows otherwise". People don't care about meaningless statistics or graphs, they care about what's in their bank account and how that number has evolved(or devolved) compared to the past. People don't care that on paper they're theoretically higher in an index than Americans, when they're relatively worse off than they were 10 - 20 years ago. What matters is how people feel about their situation.
- closewith 1y ago
  > Tell that to Europeans who can't afford a home and who are struggling to pay the bills. HN users constantly pulling out a random statistic off Google to dispute the reality people actually live in is the bane of this forum. Are you suggesting the housing situation is better in the US of all markets? > People don't care about meaningless statistics or graphs, they care about what's in their bank account and how that number has evolved(or devolved) compared to the past. People actually care about much more than that, including family life, health, and human rights, which are all better in the EU than the US. People's finances are _also_ better in the EU than the US in real terms. > What matters is how people feel about their situation. If this is true, people in the EU are _much_ happier with their lives than in the US. At this point, I'm not sure if you're trolling or completely disconnect with the reality of life in the US?

FirmwareBurner 1y ago

>They're not on _your_ side, as much as you want to believe they are. They're accountable to the government Americans vote for, that's what I meant. Better for them to be accountable to your government than a foreign government. >Do you think the US is winning? The American people? You're deflecting instead of answering my question: If Chinese oligopolies would replace them, would the US citizens be winning more or less? >Right now, Europeans are "winning" with the highest quality of life in the world. Tell that to Europeans who can't afford a home and who are struggling to pay the bills. HN users constantly pulling out a random statistic off Google to dispute the reality people actually live in is the bane of this forum. "You see, you can't be doing poorly, because the graph or the statistic shows otherwise". People don't care about meaningless statistics or graphs, they care about what's in their bank account and how that number has evolved(or devolved) compared to the past. People don't care that on paper they're theoretically higher in an index than Americans, when they're relatively worse off than they were 10 - 20 years ago. What matters is how people feel about their situation.

closewith 1y ago
> Tell that to Europeans who can't afford a home and who are struggling to pay the bills. HN users constantly pulling out a random statistic off Google to dispute the reality people actually live in is the bane of this forum. Are you suggesting the housing situation is better in the US of all markets? > People don't care about meaningless statistics or graphs, they care about what's in their bank account and how that number has evolved(or devolved) compared to the past. People actually care about much more than that, including family life, health, and human rights, which are all better in the EU than the US. People's finances are _also_ better in the EU than the US in real terms. > What matters is how people feel about their situation. If this is true, people in the EU are _much_ happier with their lives than in the US. At this point, I'm not sure if you're trolling or completely disconnect with the reality of life in the US?