> america was good once relative to starving to death in galicia or wandering the streets of naples or berlin unemployed and begging for change? yes. people came to america to land in one shithole to escape a horribly worse shithole. they were devoured by the capitalist machinery of the cities and most of their descendants live miserable, unsecure lives in the cities.  i have no delusions regarding germany as i have actually traveled there and speak the language. for all their complaints the arabs and turks are actually a step above average americans. i think they will be just fine.  you are again cherry-picking and avoiding the general trend and mentality of conservatives in their concerted effort to deny their countrymen a future or economic stability. why i'm fundamentally done with american conservatism is simply because of its theoretical, ideological nature. your theories and propositions have ceased to matter against the reality of my material economic need and the fact that at any moment i can be disabled and denied access to healthcare, thrown on the streets and evicted, and have no real way to get affordable education or a new skill to adapt to economic changes without spending tens of thousands. the reality is that u.s. conservatives care more about their theories and abstract principles than they do about each other, and that is why i fundamentally must abandon this country. i do not want to live in a place where the people around me do not care whether i live or die. this country is a walking episode of the twilight zone populated by sociopaths. their abstract theories give them the right to eat hamburgers as you die because you can't afford insulin.  this is simply stalinism under a capitalistic guise. at least european countries have capitalism, but they say, "well, we love these legal conventions and ideas, but we can't let people die or go homeless because of them".
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