Non-Americans: Could you live in the United States?

[The Serbian Empire]

The problem is it's not just the government who hold the debt as much as bankers and private citizens. All you need is bankers demanding the Chinese to invade as the default hurts the bank's profit margin. Those corporate CEOs will likely be willing to commit high treason if it meant they get 50 to 100 million in stock options for beating Wall Street expectations.

I don't really know if you heard, but we will never default because we have unlimited money to spend.

Also, CEOs are rarely cool with committing high treason to start a war because high treason tends to be bad for one's person and a war tends to be bad for one's finances. Funny how that works out.

Remember, they can always flee to Ecuador where the US can't extradite them.

[Riftend]

What I know of the country makes me think one thing...that it has an extremely backwards way of thought. In saying that I would hate it there.

It seriously seems that the only people who like yanks...are yanks

Hating America's a fad, wait 20 years.

Why 20 years? Is that when their economy is going to collapse and reduce into a bunch of little nations?

[Parhe]

I am not sure I am getting this correct but Mexico has a gun homicide rate three times higher than America's. Also I don't know Spanish but Google said Abarrotes translates to grocery/general store.

Gun crimes are more common in Ciudad Juarez and Michoacan. There's a reason I said randomly, though. You only get shot here if you're in the wrong type of business or you personally insulted someone. Not like the states where simply going to school you run the risk of getting shot. And yes, an abarrotes store is a grocery store.

Plus, I live in the calmest state in Mexico, all I have to worry about is getting ran over by douchebag taxi drivers and pissed off bus drivers.

Comparing the maps though it seems that throughout Mexico has a higher murder rate than the US.

[The Re-Frisivisiaing]

I don't really know if you heard, but we will never default because we have unlimited money to spend.

Also, CEOs are rarely cool with committing high treason to start a war because high treason tends to be bad for one's person and a war tends to be bad for one's finances. Funny how that works out.

Remember, they can always flee to Ecuador where the US can't extradite them.

Because all the economic activity is happening in Ecuador and being a deposed finance magnate on the run from the law and continuing to work for lots of money is a possible thing.

Christ, Wall Street Bankers aren't invincible Supermen running around pulverizing the puny US Federal Government, if they were, we'd live in a much worse world.

[New haven america]

Hating America's a fad, wait 20 years.

Why 20 years? Is that when their economy is going to collapse and reduce into a bunch of little nations?

Because I felt like it.
Even if America's economy collapse's, every state government know they have to stick together or get taken by Mexico or Canada.

[The Re-Frisivisiaing]

Hating America's a fad, wait 20 years.

Why 20 years? Is that when their economy is going to collapse and reduce into a bunch of little nations?

One assumes it's when you're going to grow up.

[New haven america]

Gun crimes are more common in Ciudad Juarez and Michoacan. There's a reason I said randomly, though. You only get shot here if you're in the wrong type of business or you personally insulted someone. Not like the states where simply going to school you run the risk of getting shot. And yes, an abarrotes store is a grocery store.

Plus, I live in the calmest state in Mexico, all I have to worry about is getting ran over by douchebag taxi drivers and pissed off bus drivers.

Comparing the maps though it seems that throughout Mexico has a higher murder rate than the US.

Don't forget gang violence, can't forget that.

[Riftend]

Why 20 years? Is that when their economy is going to collapse and reduce into a bunch of little nations?

Because I felt like it.
Even if America's economy collapse's, every state government know they have to stick together or get taken by Mexico or Canada.

Are you sure? I'd have to disagree...the bloody parliament fell apart and shut down for days because they couldn't agree around public healthcare....

[-The West Coast-]

Because I felt like it.
Even if America's economy collapse's, every state government know they have to stick together or get taken by Mexico or Canada.

Are you sure? I'd have to disagree...the bloody parliament fell apart and shut down for days because they couldn't agree around public healthcare....

The United States doesn't have a parliament.

[Montesardo-East Adanzi]

Gun crimes are more common in Ciudad Juarez and Michoacan. There's a reason I said randomly, though. You only get shot here if you're in the wrong type of business or you personally insulted someone. Not like the states where simply going to school you run the risk of getting shot. And yes, an abarrotes store is a grocery store.

Plus, I live in the calmest state in Mexico, all I have to worry about is getting ran over by douchebag taxi drivers and pissed off bus drivers.

Comparing the maps though it seems that throughout Mexico has a higher murder rate than the US.

I don't disagree with you, but regardless of what the maps say, you aren't going to get shot just because someone feels like it. Stabbed, maybe, but not shot.

[The Serbian Empire]

Remember, they can always flee to Ecuador where the US can't extradite them.

Because all the economic activity is happening in Ecuador and being a deposed finance magnate on the run from the law and continuing to work for lots of money is a possible thing.

Christ, Wall Street Bankers aren't invincible Supermen running around pulverizing the puny US Federal Government, if they were, we'd live in a much worse world.

The only reason they haven't done so yet is because the opportunity isn't dire enough for them to profit off the financial woes of the Federal Government yet.

[New haven america]

Because I felt like it.
Even if America's economy collapse's, every state government know they have to stick together or get taken by Mexico or Canada.

Are you sure? I'd have to disagree...the bloody parliament fell apart and shut down for days because they couldn't agree around public healthcare....

US doesn't have a parliament, the US has a Congress.

[The Re-Frisivisiaing]

Pssst, this is kinda why they hate us...

For advocating knowledge? They hate us for advocating knowledge and for combating bias?

Expecting respect they don't think we've earned, holding militarism over them as holy, acting as if we rule them and demanding they "do their duty" and learn about the US?

[Riftend]

Are you sure? I'd have to disagree...the bloody parliament fell apart and shut down for days because they couldn't agree around public healthcare....

The United States doesn't have a parliament.

Government....whatever word you wanna toss around.

[Parhe]

The United States doesn't have a parliament.

Government....whatever word you wanna toss around.

Let's all just call President Obama the Emperor.

[Riftend]

Are you sure? I'd have to disagree...the bloody parliament fell apart and shut down for days because they couldn't agree around public healthcare....

US doesn't have a parliament, the US has a Congress.

Close enough...My point is still valid.... The bloody Parliament Congress shut down because they couldn't agree~

[The Re-Frisivisiaing]

Because all the economic activity is happening in Ecuador and being a deposed finance magnate on the run from the law and continuing to work for lots of money is a possible thing.

Christ, Wall Street Bankers aren't invincible Supermen running around pulverizing the puny US Federal Government, if they were, we'd live in a much worse world.

The only reason they haven't done so yet is because the opportunity isn't dire enough for them to profit off the financial woes of the Federal Government yet.

I'm sure. I'll wait for the no-doubt inevitable collapse of the world economy for no apparent reason because somehow American businessmen will betray their government and manage to get China to invade at which point China will win and those businessmen will have profited. Somehow.

[New haven america]

The United States doesn't have a parliament.

Government....whatever word you wanna toss around.

The US use a Check and Balance system, US has a Congress.

[-The West Coast-]

For advocating knowledge? They hate us for advocating knowledge and for combating bias?

Expecting respect they don't think we've earned, holding militarism over them as holy, acting as if we rule them and demanding they "do their duty" and learn about the US?

I did my duty to learn about the early British history they teach in American public schools, I did my duty and learned about the monarchies of Europe, the militarism they hold as holy and the subjugation of peoples they believed to be below them.

And I, an American, am hated by the world for doing my duty and being educated and understanding the world as it was and is now? I think you're out of line.

[The Re-Frisivisiaing]

Government....whatever word you wanna toss around.

Let's all just call President Obama the Emperor.

Boy do I wish. How do you call a President so limited in power by Congressional gridlock an Emperor? You'd have to either be incredibly ill-informed or ready to deny reality to justify hate for that ni- I mean socialist Kenyan Muslim.

[New haven america]

US doesn't have a parliament, the US has a Congress.

Close enough...My point is still valid.... The bloody Parliament Congress shut down because they couldn't agree~

That's because the House majority(Republicans) are being stubborn children.(How the fuck they got majority again, the world may never know)

[The Serbian Empire]

The only reason they haven't done so yet is because the opportunity isn't dire enough for them to profit off the financial woes of the Federal Government yet.

I'm sure. I'll wait for the no-doubt inevitable collapse of the world economy for no apparent reason because somehow American businessmen will betray their government and manage to get China to invade at which point China will win and those businessmen will have profited. Somehow.

There's mutual funds that exclusively invest in China. Wonder if that might be an ample motive for these bankers to profit off their new overlords annexing lands. Of course, that's a discussion worthy of a different thread and at this late hour I'm not willing to author such a thread.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

Expecting respect they don't think we've earned, holding militarism over them as holy, acting as if we rule them and demanding they "do their duty" and learn about the US?

I did my duty to learn about the early British history they teach in American public schools, I did my duty and learned about the monarchies of Europe, the militarism they hold as holy and the subjugation of peoples they believed to be below them.

And I, an American, am hated by the world for doing my duty and being educated and understanding the world as it was and is now? I think you're out of line.

> Assuming our stereotype in Europe is of "educated and cultured" people.

[Parhe]

Let's all just call President Obama the Emperor.

Boy do I wish. How do you call a President so limited in power by Congressional gridlock an Emperor? You'd have to either be incredibly ill-informed or ready to deny reality to justify hate for that ni- I mean socialist Kenyan Muslim.

If you prefer we could just call him Dear Leader. Or Deer Leader, that is more entertaining. Whatever word we want to toss around.

[-The West Coast-]

I did my duty to learn about the early British history they teach in American public schools, I did my duty and learned about the monarchies of Europe, the militarism they hold as holy and the subjugation of peoples they believed to be below them.

And I, an American, am hated by the world for doing my duty and being educated and understanding the world as it was and is now? I think you're out of line.

> Assuming our stereotype in Europe is of "educated and cultured" people.

You don't understand America, so you assume every American is uncultured and uneducated?