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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Also, we "promote" a high standard of living, but we do not live up to it. People who live in this country are starving. We're the richest country in the world and we cannot manage to feed our own people. It's so ridiculously depressing that most of us just don't even think about it for our own mental health.
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This is probably the crux of the matter. But of course, this is ridiculously overstated. The idea that the American poor live in abject poverty when compared to China or India or Africa is absurd. Sure, we can do a better job of helping our fellow citizens, but I think your comment reflects the true ideology of the American left.
They want us to listen to EU countries when they criticize, because they want us to be like them. They want socialistic economic policy and reduced autonomy. They think it is ok to punish citizens for uttering politically incorrect WORDS. I think this argument goes a lot deeper than a simple plea for international respect. I'm not saying it does with you, I'm just expressing why I think this discussion gets pretty frightening, pretty quickly.
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