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[master_of_monsters]

^ I hate knowing that im probably doomed to rot here

[Voyager]

Either we're no longer the greatest country to live in or the bar is set really low by other countries.

Tip for all Americans...

Move to Australia, NZ, and Western/Southern/Northern Europe! We welcome you!

[master_of_monsters]

Would love to if i weren't chained to poverty. If you're not obscenely wealthy life here is a fucking joke. Not even a funny one at that

[GodzillaFan1990's]

Either we're no longer the greatest country to live in or the bar is set really low by other countries.

Lol it hasn't been for a long time since the era of Trump.

[Voyager]

Either we're no longer the greatest country to live in or the bar is set really low by other countries.

Lol it hasn't been for a long time since the era of Trump.

Trump? Really? What about in America’s real glory days? I’m no American, nor an expert on the American life, but I’d assume the best time to be living in America in history would be post-WW2. I mean, economic growth beyond belief, a moral high of destroying the worst regime in history, etc. Just an Australian’s thoughts.

And taking it back to Trump, I think I’d rather be drinking a Martini on a beachside house in Naples, Genoa or Nice than Deep-Red Florida or what have you. Ooh, or maybe drinking hot chocolate inside my cosy Finnish house during the winter. I think I (and many others) would rather live anywhere in Europe short of East Slavic Nations (particularly Serbia, Russia, Belarus), Australia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, New Zealand or hell, even places like Thailand or South Africa over Trump’s America.

Not that I have any strong feelings towards the man himself, just not my cup of tea. I’ll take my Sydney or Naples any day.

[Maritonic]

Either we're no longer the greatest country to live in or the bar is set really low by other countries.

Tip for all Americans...

Move to Australia, NZ, and Western/Southern/Northern Europe! We welcome you!

This is nice, in concept, but it's not exactly free to move. I just moved from county to county, an hour away, and it was not cheap at all. I can't imagine the cost, and the huge financial risk, of moving overseas.

[Voyager]

Either we're no longer the greatest country to live in or the bar is set really low by other countries.

Tip for all Americans...

Move to Australia, NZ, and Western/Southern/Northern Europe! We welcome you!

This is nice, in concept, but it's not exactly free to move. I just moved from county to county, an hour away, and it was not cheap at all. I can't imagine the cost, and the huge financial risk, of moving overseas.

Yeah, that’s why its a joke.

Housing isn’t being very kind lately here in Sydney.

[Maritonic]

Tip for all Americans...

Move to Australia, NZ, and Western/Southern/Northern Europe! We welcome you!

This is nice, in concept, but it's not exactly free to move. I just moved from county to county, an hour away, and it was not cheap at all. I can't imagine the cost, and the huge financial risk, of moving overseas.

Yeah, that’s why its a joke.

Housing isn’t being very kind lately here in Sydney.

Ah, yes, it was very clear your comment was a joke. How silly of me.

[Voyager]

This is nice, in concept, but it's not exactly free to move. I just moved from county to county, an hour away, and it was not cheap at all. I can't imagine the cost, and the huge financial risk, of moving overseas.

Yeah, that’s why its a joke.

Housing isn’t being very kind lately here in Sydney.

Ah, yes, it was very clear your comment was a joke. How silly of me.

Erm… okay. I’ll just take that passive aggressiveness and leave it at the door.

[eabaker]

I’m no American, nor an expert on the American life, but I’d assume the best time to be living in America in history would be post-WW2. I mean, economic growth beyond belief, a moral high of destroying the worst regime in history, etc.

Sure, that would have been a great time to live here...

...as long as you weren't black, jewish, atheist, gay, a woman, mentally or physically disabled, remotely associated with anyone or anything potentially labeled "red"...

[Legion1979]

....sounds like things haven't changed much.

[Spirit Ghidorah 2010]

economic growth beyond belief, a moral high of destroying the worst regime in history, etc. Just an Australian’s thoughts.

You missed the Vietnam/Korean War, looming threat of nuclear annihilation, Civil Rights Movements, Chinese Confession Program, several oil crises, Red Scare paranoia, white supremacy, the AIDS crisis, and Ronald Reagan's entire presidency magnifying the divide between the lower and upper class...

I wouldn't call those glory days.

[miguelnuva]

The 90's early 2000's seemed like to best time to live in the US from my understanding. Even the 80's didn't seem that bad.

[Voyager]

Then it speaks to the quality of America as a whole, no? I could pick any decade and some would be unhappy. Maybe GodzillaFan1990s was right.

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The 90's early 2000's seemed like to best time to live in the US from my understanding

Unless you were a Muslim…

And I’m sure some would like to complain about the 80s, most likely about Reagan targeting black communities with drugs and what have you.

[Spirit Ghidorah 2010]

Supreme Court votes to limit EPA's power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

We live in a shithole country

[eabaker]

Supreme Court votes to limit EPA's power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

We live in a shithole country

Jeez, it's almost like, despite the ideological theory that supposedly underpins it, the Supreme Court is inevitably a political entity, and its methods and powers need a massive overhaul to prevent it from functioning a tool of oppression by a single political party!

[shadowgigan]

Jeez, it's almost like, despite the ideological theory that supposedly underpins it, the Supreme Court is inevitably a political entity, and its methods and powers need a massive overhaul to prevent it from functioning a tool of oppression by a single political party!

Are you implying this was a political decision? Why didn’t they rule against Biden on immigration then?

Have either of you actually read the case? Or even bothered to look up what the major questions/issues doctrine is?

[eabaker]

Jeez, it's almost like, despite the ideological theory that supposedly underpins it, the Supreme Court is inevitably a political entity, and its methods and powers need a massive overhaul to prevent it from functioning a tool of oppression by a single political party!

Are you implying this was a political decision? Why didn’t they rule against Biden on immigration then?

Have either of you actually read the case? Or even bothered to look up what the major questions/issues doctrine is?

Read the full case? No. Read up on the case? Yes.

And "they don't block literally every single thing that a member of the opposing party does" does not mean "none of their decisions are motivated by the politics of the members."

That said, I will certainly acknowledge that my response is tied to my personal political beliefs, just as their decisions are tied to their personal political beliefs.

[shadowgigan]

Jeez, it's almost like, despite the ideological theory that supposedly underpins it, the Supreme Court is inevitably a political entity, and its methods and powers need a massive overhaul to prevent it from functioning a tool of oppression by a single political party!

Are you implying this was a political decision? Why didn’t they rule against Biden on immigration then?

Have either of you actually read the case? Or even bothered to look up what the major questions/issues doctrine is?

Read the full case? No. Read up on the case? Yes.

And "they don't block literally every single thing that a member of the opposing party does" does not mean "none of their decisions are motivated by the politics of the members."

You implied they are a political entity as a whole. I don’t see evidence of that. SCOTUS hears so many cases, most of them don’t involve hotly contested political topics. In my opinion, both sides accuse the court of being politicized every time they lose on a case.

[eabaker]

Are you implying this was a political decision? Why didn’t they rule against Biden on immigration then?

Have either of you actually read the case? Or even bothered to look up what the major questions/issues doctrine is?

Read the full case? No. Read up on the case? Yes.

And "they don't block literally every single thing that a member of the opposing party does" does not mean "none of their decisions are motivated by the politics of the members."

You implied they are a political entity as a whole. I don’t see evidence of that. SCOTUS hears so many cases, most of them don’t involve hotly contested political topics. In my opinion, both sides cry about the court being politicized every time they lose on a case.

Perhaps I didn't express myself clearly, but an apparent implication is not necessarily an intended implication.