• WideningGyro [any]
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    162 years ago

    There is something to be said for being openly and unashamedly dumb. I feel like us Europeans have this holier-than-thou superiority complex while still being dumb and horrible as shit. But then again, could also be my bias speaking. I would still rather live here than in the US for material reasons.

    • Moss [they/them]
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      122 years ago

      Europeans really do think that they’re better than Americans because they have healthcare, and pretend racism and homophobia are American inventions.

      • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Don’t forget bad cops. Only US cops are bad and racist, our cops are wholesome 100. Never mind that just a few years ago it came out that like half of all German police stations had secret far-right Whatsapp group chats, just ignore that bit, our cops have a modicum of trigger discipline and don’t blatantly gun down black people in the streets so that must mean they’re epic Marvel Avengers.

        • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          to be fair, as a bleak ameroid, if we suddenly got universal healthcare and the cops stopped gunning down minorities in the streets with absolute impunity, i would think the Kingdom of Heaven had arrived.