> got nothing in return except spat in the face

Please don't do regional flamewar on HN. Like national flamewar and religious flamewar, it's a circle of hell we want to avoid here. You can make your substantive points without it, so please do that instead.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

This is as true as Trump's claim that the US subsidizes Canada $200 billion/year. It's a made-up outrage point.