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Then again, European social democracy (NOT "socialism", big difference) seems to be more ethically defensible than the US system. Pick any study of health, income inequality, crime (especially major felonies), and you'll see that Scandinavia and Germany especially tend to be way, way, ahead of the USA. Even Canada, equal to the US in ethnic diversity, seems to do better than the USA.
BTW, I love my country too much to leave it. It's just that I don't think loving my country means thinking it's correct in every single regard. History shows that any culture that fails to borrow from other cultures is doomed to perish.
Scandinavians are poorer and have shorter lives than Scandinavian-Americans. If our PPP dropped to Germany’s level we would be in a depression.
The U.S. is a Republican Democracy, a Parliamentary government based on the Constitution and elected reps. If one were to objectively watch or read the MSM news then one might think that Democrats think the POTUS is some type of totalitarian dictator who can change laws and make things all better by waving some type of magic wand instead of these things being changed by the parliamentary process as the Constitution dictates.
Oh? Wasn't it Trump who heavily implied he wouldn't be willing to accept the election results if he lost?
Of course, Trump has zero understanding of democracy. He needed someone to come and tutor him about the Constitution. Perhaps you've heard about his utter lack of interest, his lack of any reasonable attention span?
According to this, life expectancy in Minnesota is 81.05 years. I suppose if you removed minorities, who tend to have lower life expectancy than whites (except Asians, but there aren't large Asian populations in MN AFAIK), it's probably more like 82 or 83 years.
According to this, life expectancy in Sweden is 82.4 years. And Norway is similarly 81.8 years.
The U.S. is a Republican Democracy, a Parliamentary government based on the Constitution and elected reps. If one were to objectively watch or read the MSM news then one might think that Democrats think the POTUS is some type of totalitarian dictator who can change laws and make things all better by waving some type of magic wand instead of these things being changed by the parliamentary process as the Constitution dictates.
Why are democrats so ignorant about democracy in the U.S.? Do you find it ironic that they call themselves democrats?
The mainstream media calls out Trump on his horrible behavior, his long and absurd track record of white collar crime and sleeze, and his sick obsession with dictators and desire to be one. Hell, the guy can't even govern without spewing out executive orders before going back and posting bigotry on Twitter before licking Putin's boots.
It is the right, who mindlessly supports a man-child who they would not have trusted a few years ago with their money, house, or wife. They believe every bit of drivel he spews, just as a king's sycophants would.
It is the right, not the left, who has no understanding of what democracy is or what this nation is about.
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