• dan00@lemm.ee
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    25 days ago

    You can always leave the country. The biggest leverage you have over your country is you staying there and keep paying taxes. There is always a choice.

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      24 days ago

      Then please leave. We don’t want you.

      Never come back.

      (We both know you’re not American so I’m going to block your FSB ass now)

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        24 days ago

        Good lord you missed the point. Yes I will leave your precious fucked up country ahah block block hurry up

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        23 days ago

        Is Russian paranoia the Qanon for the left? Anytime there is a challenge it’s immediately where people go.

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      24 days ago

      Except your money doesn’t fund the US federal government. The federal government funds everyone with its money.

      You can’t tax back money that hasn’t been created first

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        24 days ago

        Yes, but it’s not only taxes, it’s your expenses, your kids, your job etc… we take for granted our contribution to our land and community.

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        25 days ago

        And it should happen way more in the US. I genuinely don’t understand how can you be american and sleep at night.

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          25 days ago

          It does happen. I took my family out of there. I was fortunate to have a job that supported me working fully remote and dual citizenship. It’s still been less than breezy.

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            24 days ago

            Good on you man, for sure is not easy but at least is satisfying.

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              24 days ago

              It sounds very “just so”, but we went car free and lost about forty pounds without changing a thing, year one. Worth it.

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          25 days ago

          When you have a country where child poverty in some states is miserable, where workers protections in some states are miserable, where education is often miserable, and where this produces people who vote for misery, I guess you just get used to being surrounded by misery.

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            24 days ago

            True and sad really, that’s why my comment. I personally know people who left their country with the whole family and company and people with just a plastic bag with their clothes. People shouldn’t be used to misery.

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              24 days ago

              People shouldn’t be used to misery.

              Getting used to misery might be the only option when profits is to be gained from forcing people to work as hard as possible.

              I’m a teacher. “Get used to misery” is what we teach young people.

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          24 days ago

          I feel the same way about Guatemalans (just kidding, that would be racist.)(also; fuck you and the shitty cliche you rode in on 🫶)