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It is easy for Republicans to treat Americans with such bad policies as compared to Europeans because we are separated from Europe by a vast ocean and Americans do not regularly come into contact with Europeans on a daily basis. Consequently the vast majority of Americans are geographically isolated and do not know how much better off Europeans are. The ordinary European can easily jump into a car or board a train and cross their county's border. This allows them to see how other citizens, in other countries are living. This cultural exposure also makes Europeans multilingual and more cosmopolitan than Americans who are typically narrow-minded and uninformed about such things.

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Don't forget arrogant - we're known for our arrogance & rudeness throughout the world. Only WE think we are the best, richest & much-loved nation of nations. Must be how well our 'free press' keeps us informed on a wide range of things, right?

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Can the vast amount of Americans read? Have the Christian righteous and pious mean spirited haters ever heard the Christian teaching, “There but for the grace of God go I.”

How can anyone be so cruel, so righteous, so smug!

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So called Bible Believes and Muslims have never read theBible or Quran, while atheists, like myself, have, 1st time at age 12, front to cover, last time in my 40s, which why I have been an atheist since age 12, prior to that merely a kid forced to go to Sunday school, by Mom, who benefited from the largess of the church at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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Well put. Add to that, that the ER, economic royalists, that FDR mentioned, consider all who are not in their club as serfs, and serfs have no value, other than their labor, which is disposable and replaceable, and social benefits, cut into their wealth and thus power, especially health care, as lack of adequate health care, means that the lives of non or barely contributing serfs, cut into their bottom line, and the ER would be better off by disposing of the weak, aged, non productive, life extension is only for the ER.

The recent incident in Seattle, where a patrolman, VP of the Police union, laughed at the death of a 26 year old woman, a POC, that was hit and killed by another cop. He was caught on his own body camera, laughing and saying just pay her family $10,000, she was only 26 and of limited value... laughter again.

His words and behavior are evidence that cops actually think they are part of the ruling class, despite their low wages, because the badge gives them power to be the law, And very few cops are really disciplined, fired or even indicted for murder and theft, or reckless driving, especially DUI. If they cause an accident or even get killed by their own drunk driving, or recklessness, the cop union demands that they get a hero's funeral.

Pretty ironic, because cops are near the bottom of the social ladder, they compensate for their inferiority, by pulling people over, issuing commands and called sir. What an ego boost.

Traffic cops generally target expensive cars, they get an orgasm having a person on a higher social rung, groveling and calling them sir. Even black cops.

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