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We pay microtransactions on life (discuss.online)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 33 points 7 months ago* (4 children)

Americans are way too dumb to grasp the benefit of paying higher taxes in exchange for having more benefits. To be fair, Americans have some of the worst politicians on the planet, so they can't trust their representatives to use their tax dollars responsibly. But American stupidity is what put those politicians there in the first place. So........

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  • [–] 23 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    americans are also exposed to constant propaganda, so no wonder they are messed up

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Hey we may be dumb, and we may be exposed to constant propaganda, but...

    What was the third thing you said?

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    At least we have enough junk food and oversized burgers covered in a pound of cheese that we'll die of a heart attack from clogged arteries before ever needing that health care we can't afford. Yeah baby.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    this is so underrated. even smart people can do stupid things. but that's only half of the story... second half is culture (and here even european countries are not much better). in real life it is almost always worth more to look strong than to be smart. changing your opinion does not make you look strong - it makes the "other" person look like they've won an argument and that makes you look both weak (you didn't stand your ground) and stupid (you didn't know better). this is both entirely nonsense and perfectly understandable due to the culture (deeper level than propaganda). so nobody who makes it somewhere wants to do it. they will rather invent opposing false story and bend over backwards trying to defend it than concede a point to their percieved opponents... which brings us - here.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago

    The biggest issue is that America is built on the concept that taxes are bad. The whole founding of the country is built on not paying taxes. It's something kids are taught from a very very young age and even though they are not being directly told that taxes are bad, they are being told how great and important it was to break away from English because they made us pay taxes.

    Additionally the taxes that are paid in the USand used terribly. Pretty much no one is happy with how they are allocated. Right wing or left wing. So more taxes just feels like having more blood drained from us while getting nothing good in return.

    We need a major tax reform not just an increase or a decrease. I would be happy to pay much higher taxes if I felt the benefits of it. Both for myself and for the people in this country. Instead I know most of what I pay gets wated or lines the pockets of the wealthy.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Can't miss an opportunity to mention the burger place A&W made a 1/3 pound burger to compete with McDonald's 1/4 pound burger... except the 1/3 burger was a complete failure due to Americans thinking the 1/4 burger had more meat cuz 4 is a bigger number than 3 lol

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