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Re:America vs. Singapore: You Can't Save Your Way Out of Eco... by scottyah on Thursday February 19, 2026 @03:55PM (#47079214)
I live off your back yet am nowhere close to immensely wealthy. I know it's en-vogue to hate on shiny billionaires but reality is a lot less glamorous. It's just lazy gov workers not getting much done, then hiring more people to try to cover their work. By the millions.
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Re:America vs. Singapore: You Can't Save Your Way Out of Eco... by foxyv on Thursday February 19, 2026 @05:12PM (#47080322)
Your reality sounds suspiciously similar to the lies told on the media platforms owned by the shiny billionaires.
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Re:America vs. Singapore: You Can't Save Your Way Out of Eco... by scottyah on Thursday February 19, 2026 @05:29PM (#47080579)
Haha and yours sounds like the lies spread by communists/unions/etc attempting to wrest power from anyone who has it now. Your view leaves a lot of gaps. My view is easily verifiable by almost anyone working (barely) and getting paid by taxes. Or second and third parties getting that sweet, easy gov $$. It's also inclusive of your billionaires- many get money from the gov or gov policies too.

Your media platforms may be owned by the shiny billionaires, but the laws they adhere to are created and enforced by mobs of average 10-4 workers.

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Re:America vs. Singapore: You Can't Save Your Way Out of Eco... by foxyv on Thursday February 19, 2026 @05:58PM (#47080938)
Funny that you think billionaires follow laws.
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Re:America vs. Singapore: You Can't Save Your Way Out of Eco... by scottyah on Thursday February 19, 2026 @07:17PM (#47081846)
You argue that they never follow any laws? You have a weird world view, sounds like a high schooler on reddit and too much THC
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Re:America vs. Singapore: You Can't Save Your Way Out of Eco... by foxyv on Thursday February 19, 2026 @11:37PM (#47083815)
What are you going to accuse me of next? Eating too much avocado toast?
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