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Originally Posted by Barkingturtle
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I actually said we weren't the most ingenuous of peoples, which was probably just Freudian.
So the excuse again is the size of our nation? How is that acceptable to you? Why is it acceptable to you? I think it's a cop-out and it's just easier than being honest and admitting we're scared and we don't want to admit that policies other than the ones we've come to know and love are in fact superior. We don't want to do the hard things, so we just call them impossible. We're no longer the wealthiest, most powerful nation in the world, but at least we're still making a strong showing in the greed and cowardice races, thanks to folks like you.
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Oh no you di'n't. Am I supposed to be offended? I'm not. You're naive. And, worse, ignorant of what goes into government if you believe that the difference between the average quality of life in Norway and the US is attributable to "policies". There is no policy that turns West Baltimore into Norway. Norway didn't just stumble onto the secret to happiness, which every other nation in the world is conveniently ignoring. Norway is a disproportionately wealthy and minuscule nation that represents less than 1/10 of a percentage of the world population and has essentially no role in foreign policy. It's a small and skewed minority.
And you continue to state that "we" -- which I assume means America -- are not the wealthiest or most powerful nation in the world. That is demonstrably incorrect.