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Don’t know about you, but I vote for policy, not a person. But you do what a lot of Americans do, vote for a personality, and that’s why Americans seem significantly dumber than the average world citizen.
Don’t know about you, but I vote for policy, not a person. But you do what a lot of Americans do, vote for a personality, and that’s why Americans seem significantly dumber than the average world citizen.
Trump is 3 years younger. Biden may outlive him by 10 years for all we know.
his voice was weak, he stumbled over making coherent sentence multiple times, and he just had a blank, open-mouthed stare when between questions.
And apparently that matters more than the blatant lies and non-answers coming from the other side. Gotta say, Americans do seem significantly dumber than the average world citizen.
Either way it seems right now you need a hard reset.
Yet, half the country seems to be choosing to go back to Trump. There’s no cure for stupid.
Living in the US, I see on a daily basis the indifference to climate. It’s been heavily politicized. One side cares a little, the other side does not care one bit. It’s very sad to see.
I also lived in Europe for many years where climate is less politicized and more mainstream. Most people try to do their best to contribute regardless of their political preferences. It’s a big difference to what I see in the US.
But also don’t automatically dismiss until we know more.
That is the unfortunate truth about doing business as a startup in the US, isn’t it?
I wonder now many businesses never get off the ground because people have to make these decisions.
Thanks for the suggestions. We have been thinking about having my partner switch jobs to something that provides better healthcare coverage. But that could take a while and put the business opportunity at risk.
I don’t like that.
I was actually part of a startup in Europe some years ago. Healthcare was not part of the equation.
It would work anywhere, but the opportunity I have is in the US and moving overseas right now is not really an option.
I do feel discouraged that it’s the healthcare system that’s holding back my business opportunity. Shouldn’t be like that.
Yeah, that’s also what I’m thinking. It’s just so sad that the US healthcare system is the thing that’s holding back business. Seems counterintuitive. I was just hoping someone knew of a good workaround.
I guess one option is to save more and risk losing the business opportunity.
I can, but it’s still outrageously expensive compared to my current situation. It would put a lot of financial stress on us in a situation that’s already stressful in every way possible.
We have some issues too.
Very true. But so do Europe and Canada.
Two favorites from different genres:
Puddle of Mud - Blurry
Alexi Murdoch - Wait
Many older reps claim to do it for “generations to come” or “my family.”
I support a mandatory retirement age, but being more than 75 years doesn’t necessarily mean you’re senile.
Switzerland intentionally makes things hard for Americans. For example, it’s very hard to open a bank account because the US government have harsh reporting rules for American citizens. And Switzerland has strong financial privacy rules. So they just deny American citizens.
I think there’s an equal amount of anger on both sides. Unfortunately.
There’s no longer room for actual, mature debate. Just mud-slinging and slurs. The fact is that most people are somewhere in the center politically, but the extremists are louder and get the attention because it’s entertaining and the media uses it to sell content. It sucks.
There are lots of evangelicals. That’s the answer.
There are also fewer and fewer evangelicals. So, it could change significantly over the next decade.
Your error: Voting for a person, not policy. There.