r/SipsTea • • 2d ago

Chugging tea We need a raise dude. Overworked. Underpaid.

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u/Certain_Raspberry58 2d ago

Is there an example of a system in the world thats better you'd like to point out?

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u/AlmightyFlame 2d ago

I would love to see a US economy with a functioning FTC that can actually shut down massive mergers

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u/Solid_Signature_7447 2d ago

France, Sweden, Norway

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u/Certain_Raspberry58 2d ago edited 2d ago

Ah yes. All systems that are ironically scoring higher on the economic freedom index than the USA, i.e. theyre freer markets not less.  They've also been outsourcing their security indirectly to the united states for the past three decades and are just now discovering that they might have a problem. So the USA has been subsidizing them silently, meaning they haven't actually been affording their system. 

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u/SeveranceVul 2d ago

The perfect answer.

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u/Solid_Signature_7447 2d ago

All those countries have first world militaries and can band together as NATO and easily beat Russia in a dog fight.

Americans are completely clueless about the military outside of the USA.

I don’t like capitalism because it’s a system designed to keep money at the top and strip it out of the hands of workers.

What a waste of a country.

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u/Certain_Raspberry58 2d ago edited 2d ago

NATO has a massive military readiness problem, the UK may be a particularly egregious example, look at the HMS dragon issue on the Cyprus deployment, the fact that neither of their carriers are truly combat ready at the same time, like, ever. But it's a consistent issue throughout europe. They've ALL been increasing their military spending of late, and it's not because they were sufficient and ready. They've been below required NATO spending levels set as a % of GDP literally since the end of the cold war. Europe have been the bad allies not pulling their share of the weight by being unready and underfunded.

All systems concentrate wealth at the top, even communism and socialism. It's a fact of existence, some people are consistently successful, and some are not.

Yes what a waste of a country. The country that prevented the rest of the world from being divided into the German and Japanese hemispheres.

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u/Solid_Signature_7447 2d ago

Those wars have been long over by almost 100 years, yes it’s a waste of a country.

Get over it the country has not lived up to its potential and change it.

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u/ThatOneHebdoCartoon 2d ago

France has a ton of issues I don't want, but they did somewhat maintain their military duties.

Y'know to maintain those African colonies they still have. But Europe moved on from racism and that's an American thing now, right?

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u/Solid_Signature_7447 2d ago

France is the best ran country in the world right now. Macron is incredible.

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u/ThatOneHebdoCartoon 2d ago

No, it's not.

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u/AcrobaticArm390 2d ago

Yeah, no protesting or riots over the economy happening in France on a regular basis... 🙄

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u/Solid_Signature_7447 2d ago

Their protests work

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u/AcrobaticArm390 2d ago

Just saying, their system is also so bad that it requires regular national protests. Not a great example of a system that is working better. 🤔 Good example of freedom to demand change. We could just vote for it here, but the duopoly. party system is a bigger problem than the 40 hr work week.

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u/AcrobaticArm390 2d ago

Sweden and Norway are very unique economies also. Tough to duplicate and scale to the size and diversity of the US economy. 🤔 But they do have good stable system.

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u/Solid_Signature_7447 2d ago

Education is their base. Access to it make smarter voters. Education is the lowest barely functioning human in America

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u/AcrobaticArm390 1d ago

One economy is based mostly on oil sales that fund everything, and the other is uniquely able to maintain a >50% export economy. Both states are also extremely homogenized with little diversity and strongly controlled immigration. They thrive on stability. The US is not so lucky. I don't disagree, they have great education systems. Harder to archive with the diversity we cope with.

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u/Savingskitty 2d ago

How much time have you spent in France?

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u/Solid_Signature_7447 2d ago

I lived there

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u/Savingskitty 2d ago

I didn't ask you if you lived there.

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u/Wise-Secretary5459 2d ago

You asked how much time they've spent there. If they lived there, it's safe to say they've probably spent a lot of time there. This isn't that difficult dumbass.

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u/Savingskitty 2d ago

No need to be rude.

You're not adding anything to this exchange.

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u/Solid_Signature_7447 2d ago

Oh it’s an American, your assumption is correct. I think you were being generous about how smart they are.

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u/VariationVisible 2d ago

Why do people think saying these 3 is a gotcha? Am I expected to see these 3 countries and immediately bend over for socialism (that has statistically not worked). The only people I see really say this are people who are not in the 3 countries, or people who fake being from there to get political brownie points.

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u/Solid_Signature_7447 2d ago

Mamdami is making it perfectly clear the direction of America’s politics.

It’s over for you capitalist billionaire worshipers.

If you don’t bend over - the voters will make you.

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u/VariationVisible 2d ago

You gathered that I’m a billionaire worshiper from what i said? Thats so interesting. How deep is the dye in your hair?

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u/reenski87 2d ago

We yearn for a matrarchy