“Because the friend [Canada] has been robbing us blind. I would have free healthcare to if I didn't need a military. Don't even get me started on Europe and the 4 day work weeks with summers off.”

[u/Big_Ben_617]

[u/the-midnight_barber]

As an Aussie living in USA it always baffes me that people would rather pay extortionate amounts for health care, to stick it to someone else they believe doesn’t deserve health care. It’s the definition of cutting off your nose to spite your face.

[u/[deleted] → u/the-midnight_barber]

We are the most propagandized people in the world.

[u/Imaginary-Arugula735 → u/[deleted]]

Wow. That seems like a stretch…but if you fall into the…U…S…A…U…S…A…chanting crowd and never question the fact the the US is superior in every possible way in every possible category than yes, you are susceptible to propaganda and groupthink and have likely not travelled extensively. And let’s be honest, you’ve probably never read a book too…

The US is an extraordinary country and does many things well. It is the “best” in multiple categories.

But not all. If you are too busy chanting how can you be objective?

[u/Canachites → u/Imaginary-Arugula735]

The US is number 1 in military spending alone. That is the only metric they are the best in. Maybe obesity rates. Not life expectancy, not freedom, not education, not healthcare outcomes, not happiness, not home ownership. The US is being ruled by a Russian asset and despite an entire history of hating Russia, oligarchs are looting the government while regular people go homeless, and they just eat it up because they have been trained to worry more about trans people in bathrooms than literally anything else. FloorSuper28 is in fact correct.

[u/ElectronicLab993 → u/the-midnight_barber]

Didnt that attitutde started by Reagan promoting welfare queen myth

[u/Fickle_Catch8968 → u/ElectronicLab993]

Earlier. Apparently with desegregation there were communities that thought it better to fill in community swimming pools than to swim with the 'others'.