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[–] [email protected] 112 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's a low hanging fruit, but I mean... The tree doesn't have a lot of higher fruits, and they're not as tasty anyway.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Sure we have plenty of high-hanging fruit:

  • antiquated voting laws
  • asymmetrical representation
  • oligarchy via political funding
  • military industrial complex

But we didn’t start a world war that killed millions of people, that we’re still digging up unexploded munitions from, and that gave us the ability to fix some of our governmental systems and implement social and societal change (at least for white European folks).

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

But school shootings, obesity, healthcare, and oil, though.

Source: Am American.

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget police murdering people and doing highway robbery.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago

And shit trains, and pointless poverty, and ridiculous town planning, and an absurd prison system, and shit voting and representation, and unlimited money in politics, and weak-sauce unions...

[–] [email protected] 64 points 7 months ago (9 children)

I prefer bringing up that in US "democracy" some votes count more than others. When trump won, more people voted for Clinton and for some reason yanks seem to be totally ok with this.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We are not ok with this, but changing the way it works is a herculean task. The people that it currently works for are very invested in keeping it that way.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (14 children)

But why is nobody even protesting it? Seems kind of a cornerstone of democracy, no? How could anything coming out of this system have any legitimacy?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Because it's easier for people to pretend already being busy (focusing on and protesting nonsensical and completely irrelevant shit) vs actually focusing on the primary and relevant things that are actually impacting their lives.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Well ya, it's absolutely pathetic for Americans to strut around acting like they're an authority on how society should operate when theirs is an absolute dumpster fire unless you're making 500k/yr+.

Does it hurt when this is pointed out or something? If you're tired of it, maybe stop trying to swing your tiny little dick around and people won't have to constantly tell you to put it back in your pants.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 7 months ago (5 children)

When they stop being huge fucking problems, we'll stop making fun of you for them :P

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Americans when European leaders start making the same choices that got America to this point.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

Happening in Canada too. For the last decade, virtually every province has been led by Conservative governments (except BC and that was just half a decade ago). Healthcare and housing has been slowly falling apart.

Looking at the polls, what’s amazing is that most Canadian voters seem to think the problem is insufficient conservatism!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (5 children)

It's the worst thing about being an American expatriate is watching shit happen again.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 7 months ago (18 children)

don't forget the lack of the metric system!

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago

It's low hanging because it's overweight.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago

Americans when they don't shut the fuck up about their politics and everyone starts mocking them(we don't mock them enough)

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

In England the lawyers still wear wigs. You're welcome, Lemmy. It's just as fucking stupid as you picture in your mind.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Not "America', USA only 😄

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago

I see two memes right next to each other of Americans crying about being meme'd on...... This is why you guys are so fun to bully.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

yeah, true.

-Most Americans.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (10 children)

And at the same time, we europeans who have been in the USA (so we just don’t follow what media wants us to think) love so many things in the USA. Are the States flawed? Yes. Are Europeans country flawed too? Absolutely. I don’t like the bullying the world thing, but I’m happy I’m on ‘tesm bullying’ and not ‘team Russia’ or middle east.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (10 children)

Americans are so soft. You throw shade at the Europeans by making fun of their food or wine or streets or whatever. They take a shot back and you guys whine.

Take a shot back instead of flipping the table.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You say that as if Americans aren’t prepared to take your invitation literally

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I have a solution for the gun violence problem in schools. Print simple steps on common causes and solutions to the underlying social and mental contributors. Put these up in every door, hallway and classroom in every schools. Then these poor misguided kids would have troubleshooting.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

every society in the world is falling apart So it takes the edge off by mocking other countries.

except for those more civilized people up in the Nordic regions. they're doing good with the whole Utopian human rights thing.

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[–] Honytawk 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We don't do that when America is mentioned.

We do that when America is yet again too full of itself, to keep them down a notch.

We can't help it if that is the only thing Americans do.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Public transport, and bike lanes

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Europe is doing their best to catch up on some fronts. Keep at it, you'll get there. We'll continue sending fast food chains your way to help.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It’s weird seeing this meme without the tits

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

What the actual FUCK

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

HE SAID ITS WEIRD SEEING THIS MEME WITHOUT THE TITS

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