America at its worst?

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  1. Minstrel

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    Hello darkness, my old friend
    Best country for him. Not objectively best country, which is what he was talking about. Using a measure of "if they live there, they're voting for that country as the best," India is the greatest nation in the world and China is second.
     
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    Pervasive poverty is an attraction. Don't let the door... You know :)
     
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    Your post is unconnected with what you're responding to. It happens as you get older, Denny. Don't worry about it.
     
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    There's a difference between wanting to live there and having no choice but to live there. You must be getting older, too.
     
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    That would apply to the US, too, as the vast majority don't get the volition to go anywhere in the world they'd like. For example, the huge number of US libertarians would prefer to live in Somalia, with very little government intervention, but they apparently can't afford to uproot their lives in the US and move there. So they're stuck being committed Republicans here.

    Also, determining "best nation" by whether someone lives there is silly.
     
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    Where someone chooses to live.

    Choose, choose, choose.

    Americans have plenty of mobility - enough to move to any country that'll have them. Even you can.
     
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    I'll assume you were joking. Even you, a "libertarian," know that plenty Americans live in poverty. Even lower middle class or middle class families can't simply move wherever in the world they want. There are, you know, things called "expenses" associated with uprooting your life and moving to a new country.

    Also, determining "best nation" by whether someone chooses to live there is silly.
     
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    You smokin that shit again?
     
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    10s of millions of Mexicans want to live here, not Venezuela.

    Not silly. That's an unsupportable assertion.
     

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