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Americans have this bizarre idea that they live in God's own country, and e verybody else envies them.

When they were much richer than everybody else, they were much envied - but for their wealth, rather than their social arrangements.

Now that the other advanced industrial countries have pretty much caught up on prosperity, and US inequality has gone through the roof, there's less e nvy around.

The obvious (but deniable) fact US society is suffering from the unfortunat e side effects of high social and finacial inequality

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means that the US is much less widely envied than it was.

The consequent inadequacies of the US education system - which leaves a lot none-too-bright people susceptible to religious extremism - are frequently jeered at, perfectly correctly in my opinion (which krw doens't value high ly - but his own opinion is the only one he ever takes seriously anyway).

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Bill Sloman, Sydney
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bill.sloman
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of course, look who steps up to the plate! the one that knows best about ignorance.

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M Philbrook

There we go again, the ass steps up to the plate and nothing but manura flows, unrestrictive.

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M Philbrook

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Lasse Langwadt Christensen

Indeed, and this is precisely the tactic the Left have been using against any dissenting (common-sense) voices since Cultural Marxism was born.

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Cursitor Doom

Yes, and just what is wrong with successful and productive people keeping more of what they earn FFS??

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Cursitor Doom

And the right, e.g. National Socialism and more recently libertarianism

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Tom Gardner

They don't need straws in Arizona. People just drink out of troughs.

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John Larkin

Am 28.01.2018 um 04:14 schrieb snipped-for-privacy@notreal.com:

I don't know, why should I be envious? The US isn't God's own country, most of the population lives in unsecured social conditions. No appropriate health care, no social care, no homes or homes in bad conditions. But I don't want to discuss these details. I wrote an anecdote about a junk law, nothing more. The US ist best known for letting it's poor citizen down; even Obamacare has been eradicated. I am glad to live in Europe, this is a real blessing.

Holger

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Holger

Jamie is even more ignorant than Jim, so naturally he steps up to the plate. He's also - like Jim only more so - ignorant of the full extent and depth of his ignorance.

An expert is somebody who is aware of the limitation of their knowledge ...

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Bill Sloman, Sydney
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bill.sloman

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to look very like krw - anything that Jim "knows" has to be true, and anyb ody who doesn't share any one of his bizarre delusions has to be "ignorant" .

Easy to say. Harder to prove.

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Bill Sloman, Sydney
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bill.sloman

Where do you village idiots come up with such nonsense? The US has a very high percentage of home ownership. I suspect you have never set foot in the US.

Of course not. Why sully up such a contrived story with facts?

Dated 1897. Long unapplied.

Bullshit.

A blessing. You're far too ignorant to understand why.

Please stay there. But we'll be sure to have a welcoming committee should you decide to visit... to ensure that you leave in a box... IF you come... I suspect you're a "citizen" of one of those "shithole" countries, so no visa for you. ...Jim Thompson

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Jim Thompson

Cursitor Doom is ignorant enough to be unaware that using the phrase "Cultural Marxism" as a term of abuse marks you as a right wing nitwit.

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And I had heard of the Frankfurt School, so I knew there was real "Cultural Marxism" to which Cursitor Doom wasn't going to be referring.

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Bill Sloman, Sydney
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bill.sloman

You don't have to set foot in the US to find out the US home-ownership rate.

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It's currently 63.4%, the lowest since 1967.

Australia is at 67% the lowest it has been in fifty years.

In Australia, individuals buy extra houses as "investment properties" and rent them out, to the point where first time buyers recently couldn't get into the housing market but latest housing boom is now easing off.

Facts that Jim doesn't seem to be able to look up.

Jim and James Arthur like to think so. Others - with a better grasp of statistical evidence - beg to differ.

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As Jim defines "ignorance", which is not sharing the delusions that Jim holds dear.

Wrong. And Jim doesn't seem to know about the sonnet engraved on the pedestal that supports the Statue of Liberty

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which celebrates an aspect of the US which got Jim's ancestors into the country.

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Bill Sloman, Sydney
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bill.sloman

If they keep more of what they earn, there's less government income to pay for essential services, like defense and stopping bridges from falling down .

The US collects about 30% of the GDP in tax, while Germany collect 45%. Som e of the extra money collected in Germany is spent on encouraging people to get educated, and a higher proportion of Germany's work forces has some ki nd of tertiary qualification than any other countries.

Germany exports about as much as the US despite only having a quarter of th e population. Maybe collecting 45% of the GDP in tax isn't such a bad idea, even if Thatcher didn't like it.

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bill.sloman

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claimed that he was going to drain the Washington swamp, the general respon se was "and pigs might fly".

which he and the Republicans have just enacted.

Jamie is obviously talking about Trump here. He might not have intended to be, but his English expression is as weak as ever - the last three words wo uld seem to have been intended to be "manure flows, unrestricted" which pr etty much describes all of Jamie's output.

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Bill Sloman, Sydney
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bill.sloman

Read this article for some background:

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No FDA regulation means some shops put peoples eyes at risk using unsafe tinting products. The safe shops are put in the same group as the unsafe as there is a lack of testing or regulations.

Removing oversight from new products will have dangerous side effects. The Black Swan is hard at work here.

The reason governments regulate products is to protect people from con artists...governments will go overboard on regulations from time to time, but that is why we have elections.

Without elections you have China.

John

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John Robertson

Am 28.01.2018 um 22:46 schrieb Jim Thompson:

I told just an anecdote about a stupid junk law. And I am not here for writing a thick book about the disadvantages of the social system in the US. Believe it or not, I am tired to read your comments.

Holger

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Holger

The problem is that BUREAUCRATS with less IQ than your typical janitor make these regulations without regard to any unintended consequence. ...Jim Thompson

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Jim Thompson

Not if you live in Sweden it isn't!

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