My biased, outsider’s view of America, a thread:
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Replying to @visakanv
you know, it's still mostly a decent place where people lead unexciting, stable lives. it's still mostly a prosperous country with a reasonable degree of freedom.
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Replying to @danlistensto @visakanv
what you're seeing here is that the culture war in America has got out of control and that the government (especially the federal government) has become deeply corrupt and inhumane. those are serious problems to be sure but the view from a distance is not really accurate.
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visakan veerasamy Retweeted visakan veerasamy
Yeah I’m admittedly cherry picking herehttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/945336582369767424?s=21 …
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visakan veerasamy @visakanvA realization I had when talking with friends from different parts of the world: When you examine a foreign culture, you're going to be most startled or drawn to whatever is most different about it. SG caning, US guns, etc. It may NOT be what its members consider significant!Show this thread2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes -
Replying to @visakanv @danlistensto
I was actually pretty happy to repatriate, because there's a lot to do here (and it is home, after all). But no one can pretend that a good portion of the country isn't totally batshit and that portion gets wielded like a blunt instrument by the genuinely evil.
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crude estimates incoming. about 60% of the country is politically active at least a little (rounds out to about 200 million people). about 20% of each major faction is batshit (about 20 million on each side). that's like 40 million fuckin crazy assholes. way too many.
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