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[+] -30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The context of this thread is my criticism of that example.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Finland did not in fact make ice cream free, but you don't challenge that. This is a meme, it could have said anything that sounds grotesquely arbitrary and callous, like banning left handed scissors, even if two-handed tools are probably more easily available in America than in many other parts of the world, perhaps even Finland.

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  • [+] -16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Except the OP's point would be much better made by criticizing something the US doesn't actually do pretty well at.

    Wouldn't it?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    No. It would be weakened. The point is America is taking things we're good at and rolling them back. It loses its point if you pick something we've always been bad at.

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