• Altima NEO
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    1471 year ago

    There’s no Americans bragging about that. Corporations and the government, sure. The rest of us are to busy living in pain

    • Kaktus
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      621 year ago

      Some years ago I were in US on vacation and a Cadillac commercial said you shouldn’t buy cars made by lazy people wo have 4 weeks vacation every year, instead you should buy an American car.

    • @[email protected]
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      411 year ago

      Most Americans have no clue what the rest of the world is like.

      Most Americans don’t even understand the progressive income tax system we have, they will go so far as to decline raises because it’ll put them in a higher bracket and they think that will mean less take home pay. It doesn’t! You should always take a raise!

      I believe I’ll someday move to a country that has good policies for everything from healthcare, to work life balance, and social safety nets, and I’ll never have to deal with the American nightmare again.

      • @[email protected]
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        61 year ago

        There’s actually a tricky spot for folks who get certain social services which are tied to income. A small raise can bump you out of eligibility for things like medicaid and food stamps, and thus can in fact result in higher expenses, less money in your pocket, and a lower quality of life.

        • @[email protected]
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          61 year ago

          Yep! The welfare cliff I believe it’s called. Evidence of a poorly designed welfare system, which I think some see as a feature not a bug sadly.

      • @Osito
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        51 year ago

        To be fair, the rest of the world isn’t easily accessible for most Americans

        Education is broken because on purpose

        • @Tar_alcaran
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          61 year ago

          It’s literally one Google search away. And if they want to travel, you’ll be able to speak English to basically everyone (under 40)

    • Colonel Sanders
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      291 year ago

      Right? I was like, “Who the fuck in the US is saying ANY of that?”

        • @[email protected]
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          71 year ago

          Actually the media in Germany is starting to push that narrative, maybe to get us to focus more on work and less on enjoying our lifes

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            lmao, Germany of all places. This country is designed for people to live paycheck to paycheck, earlier it was at least somewhat justified by social security, but greedy government fucks don’t know where to get money anymore.