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This nation is actually a paradise where every citizen, and many noncitizens, are absolutely free to express themselves, to love, to move across borders, to engage in trade, to make fortunes, to criticize the government, to praise God or deplore him, and to traverse its broad highways and take in its scenic parks. That which has never been achieved in all history, has been achieved in America. It's easy to criticize the prosperous, egalitarian and bureaucratically sound model which we have wrested from the founders' original intentions but this is it. The stable and effective governance of 300 million. It is astonishing. Nobody, not the greatest politicians, not the greatest social scientists, and certainly not the activists, can think of even a single reform that could be implemented and cause measurable change. That's not gridlock, and it's not corruption ; it's the closest thing to perfection that does not proceed directly from the hand of God.
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HorseLord posted:Is this post a joke? I mean I'd think so but then I remember that Americans are all weird nationalists and sincerely think this, so I can't tell. What bitch-rear end country were you thinking of that can even be mentioned in the same sentence as America's majesty? Lets talk about real nations now, who eat at the big-boy table and play for high stakes, nations who gently caress with their pants around their ankles. Scandinavian midget kingdom experiments don't count. What countries have the degree of government transparency? Real countries, now. Lower corruption? Greater opportunities for advancement? Where are people from all walks of life so equally respected, at least in form? You ain't got poo poo.
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Locke Dunnegan posted:See now, we're getting somewhere. You make an actual point as rebuttal for the thread's topic, but you gently caress up any chance of continued on topic responses from me by continuing to be a prick. Oh my god you blew it fishmech. You blew it for all of us.
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Apr 14, 2015 17:14
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Locke Dunnegan posted:I may have too much faith in the American public, but I don't buy in to the idea that the states would turn on each other if they were independent. Not everyone's a power hungry politician. If my home state was attempting to annex Arkansas I sincerely doubt there would be a majority supporting it. Yeah and if you ever had trouble finding work in your own state, you could always travel to the newly independent south and get a job tugging on the ankles of hanged black teenagers to make sure they are dead.
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A Winner is Jew posted:Not only that, who says a state has to annex another one? I'm just asking questions!! Through your snark you have missed out on receiving a serious response from me.
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Apr 14, 2015 18:11
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Locke Dunnegan posted:I choose not to. centristwhining.txt
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Apr 14, 2015 23:36
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Educate me! But I literally require consensus in order to accept a book recommendation. I can only be communicated with by means of Greek chorus. If multiple people aren't saying something to me, I can't listen to it. If a single person says something to me I just do this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJBKyTfCjCc until a second person says it. Then I can think.
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Locke Dunnegan posted:Holding my views sacrosanct is something that I haven't done, actually. I could go fetch the post saying I am ignorant if you'd like but it looks like you're reading the thread so I'm going to assume you've read that one. How about you fetch a big bottle of "getting over things" instead and drink it. Poison also works.
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