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The German National Socialists were carrying out massive bombing raids against German population centers?

At least the Germans had the decency not to build their military command centers in bunkers underneath hospitals.

"Huh. I'm going to Vienna next week. Guess I'm not an America, eh?"

I hope you've been saving your pennies. As an alternative, you may want to consider the Phillipines.

The US is the new Argentina.

Sorry, that sounded personal. Americans are too poor to afford Europe.

"The other was the expected crash of the Trump economy."

Did you look at the dollar today?

The fed cut interest rates. The dollar is in freefall.

You're too poor to afford anything else.

"I'm sure there's a white supremacist gathering you're late for."

Even if that were the case, I'm sure the white supremacists would be just as much in favor as "from the river to the sea" as you are.

White supremacists are the natural allies of the pro-pals.

"The last couple years IDF has been actively carrying out a genocide in Gaza."

Like in the same way the US and UK committed genocide against the Germans during WWII?

Can you imagine if, in the years 1943-1947, hundreds of thousands of USans would have been demanding an end to the German genocide and an end to the occupation?

I can't. But...I bet you can.

"What does Kara Hultgreen represent?"

Did you even bother to Google her?

"Are you pretending there aren't hundreds of unqualified White men in the military?"

Fortunately for everyone, when a white dude fails to meet standards, he will be gone. No activists are going to stand up and claim that they have been discriminated against. As it should be. Get rid of them.

Do you disagree?

If this had been a pro-Pal screaming, "from the river to the sea" who was shot by a jewish activist, the left would be losing it's mind. Despite the fact that the phrase itself is a call for genocide. And for the past couple of yours there have been hundreds of thousands of Usan's calling for this genocide.

"If I see a Black pilot, I'm going to be like, Boy, I hope he's qualified"

You understand the context, right? Hiring someone for a critical skill based not on their performance, but on their skin color.

It's a valid concern when you get into DEI. Let me direct your attention to Kara Hultgreen.

"Are jobs readily attainable for Americans in Germany?"

You should check Linkedin.

"I've heard his show is okay so it's surprising this pablum gets a plug."

You should send him and email and tell him to stop presenting this reactionary bourgeoise nonsense.

"I'm sure life in Germany is much more stable than here in America."

I guess my question would be, why are you still there?

I've lived in Europe for six years, and I have no interest in ever going back to the US. My oldest goes to college in AZ, only because she wants to join the military. The youngest just got an apartment in Tirana.

Do you stay just because it gives you something to bitch about?

Whoa....easy ladies. I didn't write the article; I just posted it. After Smerconish mentioned it on his show while I was driving home from work. I thought it was interesting. Although I knew if I did post it, there would be some animated handwringing.

"Its interesting, you'll tear down America economic system, then raise up California #4, which has the most income inequality."

And there is absolutely nothing that CA can do to its wealthiest residents that will increase the economic value of its poorest.

"No, this was governmental experiments in socialism/communism."

I don't think it was that directly, it was the lack of a global integrated economy that was able to take advantages of the efficiencies created by comparative advantages. The collapse of the socialist bloc was simply the last political hurdle to this happening. Everything else was just a function of quick access to information to facilitate decision making. Quick being a relative term. Hours in the 1990s, vs. days or weeks in the era preceding the Soviet empire and its proxies.

"Now do it by quintiles."

Again???

OK.

"So why is Trump against Capitalism and Global Trade?"

Because economically, Trump is perhaps the most left-wing president in this nation's history. The closest analog I can present is Huey Long, if you know who he was.

Life is getting better, no matter what you've heard and read

"Your myth falls into the same basket with tinkle down economics raining success onto everyone."

In 1985, the percentage of people on earth experiencing poverty was 43%. Today it is 9%.

US household income, after being adjusted for inflation, has increased by 74%.

It's easy to not be able to afford "daily expenses" when you over-extend yourself. You could make half a million a year and find yourself in that position.

I recently had a conversation with a co-worker who moved from the Springs to here in Germany. He was telling me that back in CO, when he was making $90k a year, he had a VA mortgage loan approved for $675k.

It would be very easy to find yourself unable to cover "daily expenses" if you had a mortgage approaching $4k per month, and your monthly income was $7.5k before taxes.

"Free Market Capitalism didn't enrich America. It enriched a tiny portion of America. And it screwed everyone not born to a wealthy family."

It enriched the vast, overwhelming majority of Americans, not to mention the rest of the world.

That's why people are fighting to get into capitalist countries. Apparently, they're more interested in being better off themselves than they are someone else being better off than they are.

"Murder-Death-Kill. No prisoners, no trial, no judge, no jury, no jurisprudence. This is basically an act of war against Venezuela."

There would have been a legal review prior to the strike, but no, declared hostiles are not entitled to a trial. If they were, we would still be processing Germans and Japanese from WWII, with millions in waiting from Al Quaeda, ISIS, and others.

"Murder-Death-Kill. No prisoners, no trial, no judge, no jury, no jurisprudence. This is basically an act of war against Venezuela."

TdA has been designated as a terrorist organization. If they are designated as confirmed hostile combatants as well, striking them is no different than striking ISIS and Al Quaeda used to be.

"He picked a very bad time to start messing with tariffs which, in spite of his lies, are raising prices dramatically."

Yup. Most of the time, presidents take blame for things that really weren't their fault. Increased prices on consumers goods are due solely to Donald J. Trump's policies. You could also blame him for the devaluation of the dollar, but that's really more due to a loss of global confidence in the USD than a specific policy that was designed to devalue the dollar. That said, before he won the election, Trump had outlined a policy to devalue the dollar in the hopes that it would make US goods and services more attractive to foreign customers. Truth be told, the US would likely be awash with European tourists this summer if it weren't for policy discouraging tourism. It's still pretty bad though. International flights are still packed to the gills.