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Satire is indistinguishable from stupidity
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I propose a new rule: if you're American and wealthy, you don't get to talk about communism. At all.
I might make an exception for wealthy Americans with an education in politics or economics, or both.
Another person around your bracket with degrees in philosophy and theology who somehow got sucked into a career in big biz. I'm happy to pay more taxes. And talk about socialism. I completely agree with you.
And where I live in the EU I'm already paying 49% of my income in taxes + 21% VAT on most goods. I'd still pay more if we needed it (even though, like most countries, what we really we need better taxes on the truly wealthy and corporations). Yeah I'm better off than most, but our Gini coefficient means most (although not everyone of course) does ok.
We have nice roads/public transit, good schools, great healthcare. The taxes I and people like me pay are why everyone can have nice things. If people didn't have nice things I'd be stand right beside them with the pitchforks and torches. I don't say that lightly; some of the protests I've attended in favor of taking in more asylum seekers have gotten nasty.
You guys (I used to be one of you guys before I immigrated long ago) have some serious structural problems that prevent effective protest.
I posted on Bsky that people in America should call a general strike and keep striking until things get better, but I know damn well that people are rightly very afraid to lose their jobs or be put in jail, even prison. And because your healthcare, mortgage/rent, even keeping your children, every damn thing is tied to being not-in jail/prison and making money, I understand why people don't get in the streets as much, the most recent, massive nation wide demonstrations - that the media barely covered - aside.
If you got skilllzzz the place I live has a pretty sweet immigration deal. We have had three American families move into our little neighborhood in the last 18 months using it. DM me if you want to know more.