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Big government burned down Atlanta so that black people could be free. It also bailed out Texas.

There's nothing wrong with big government as long as it isn't run by fascists and religious nut cases- which is the real problem in today's America.

Everything Americans do has to be very patriotic with giant flags and shouting AMERICA. So no you can't just have gov.us

It's rijksoverheid.nl in my country- good luck to any poor expat trying to pronounce that lol.

What if... wait for it... They are both wrong?

Israel is the great betrayal. In 1948 it was supposed to become a secular country based on European values not a Jewish theocracy. It is dragging us down and for what?

Unless you were one of the few people lucky enough to live in New York most of us never had access to movies beyond what you could find in a second tier Blockbuster on a Friday night. Or worse: cable television.

Countries can have different ethnicities, political parties and religions.

But if Ukraine became prosperous and democratic it would make Putin look bad. Think West Germany against East Germany.

That is unfair. The British actually did not like the Zionists and they tried to keep the peace.

Are there really people who want their 1960s spaghetti Western clouds green?!

The US is a capitalist country oil companies will sell the oil to whomever pays the most. Tankers go vroom.

Although remarkably there's been a lot of commie talk about nationalising the energy sector and not from the usual suspects...

Orthodox Jews are against marrying non Jews. Is this not known?

They do not share Western social values.

The CCP doesn't worship Jesus meanwhile we know what hell on earth 1000 years of Christianity was.

In the Netherlands your house will be built by a Bulgarian and your dentist is from Ukraine.

Xenophobia doesn't exist in the Netherlands we just hate everyone equally lol.

It would not surprise me if there were more foreigners in Japan in the early 20th century than today.

Banks in the Netherlands used to have their own system for 30 years. It was free. It worked.

But it was too much work and didn't make the banks money so now we are also left to the American Visa parasite.

The internet feels like one those shitty religious villages were everyone is gossiping.

I buy cheap Android phones because they don't do AI.

There are always rats you just can't see them. Rats are intelligent creatures they know that humans go crazy.

Universities in many countries have traditionally been the place of political change and even revolution. Always the prime target of intelligence agencies.

From Palestinian flags to ultra conservative incels it's a hotbed of dissent even in tame countries.

International trains have security too nowadays. In fact they're trying to feel an awful lot like planes...

It is what it is. Governments can't risk the bad publicity of a terrorist attack. A car accident doesn't even make the news.

My mom had my brother when she was 21.

Who the hell has kids nowadays at that age? Not many in the first world.

The Netherlands has always put its economic chips on America and Asia.

Europe is just a geographic accident as far as the Dutch are concerned.

Yeah I'm thinking Oracle never really got the building permit but just assumed it would go ahead.

There's a lot of schadenfreude in the Netherlands about German car manufacturers but then we all know what happened the last time German industry went kaput... So I suppose we all have to support our brothers and sisters from the East until they get their act together.

American bureaucracy developed differently from European bureaucracy. In Europe countries developed very centralised governments who found it useful to track their citizens. Borders mattered (to the exact m²) and armies of conscripts needed to be raised. They needed to know exactly how many 20 year old men there were and where they lived. Chaos was not an option.

I never really understood why the tapestry is considered French. The Norman aristocracy at the time did not take orders from the French crown.

Wasn't all that long ago people posted pictures of their kids on social media. Someone is going to watch your 12 year old in a swimsuit.

Do they not have press cards in America?

Reminds me of the Christ clowns who stand outside abortion clinics. The money is all traced back to America.

You're not allowed to talk about Jewish xenophobia.

Ah yes and when doctors give everyone expensive tests because the patients are a bunch of drama queens who think they know better because they have a doctorate in Google the costs go up.

When was the last time someone asked "does it run on Windows"? Probably somewhere in the mid 90s.