Subj : Re: Y'all or Ya'll?
To   : Margaerynne
From : Gamgee
Date : Tue Jul 25 2023 07:50:00

-=> Margaerynne wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ma>   Re: Re: Y'all or Ya'll?
 Ma>   By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Wed Jul 19 2023 09:13 pm

 > I think that's all correct.  It's also a sign of those countries being
 > much more receptive to the ideas/beliefs of socialism, which is
 > generally not very well received here in the USA.  Independence,
 > freedom, and small government / small taxes are sort of a fundamental
 > thing in America, and have been since ....  1776.  ;-)

 Ma>  A communal mindset isn't only present in socialism.

 Ma>  Americans used to be very community-minded and eager to
 Ma> participate in civic life.
 Ma>  After all, why wouldn't you want your neighborhood to flourish?
 Ma> Why wouldn't you want
 Ma>  the best for the schools that educate your children, the city
 Ma> that they live in, and
 Ma>  the state they claim as their home?

 Ma>  People didn't join fraternities, industry-specific credit
 Ma> unions, and neighborhood councils
 Ma>  because they were stupid or communists -- they joined because,
 Ma> as in 1776, it makes the most
 Ma>  sense to join with people like you.

 Ma>  Hell, even the titans of industry collaborated and colluded all
 Ma> the time.
 Ma>  It's the most American thing there is, all the way back to "Join
 Ma> or Die".

All true, and no argument from me on any of it.

Please remember, though, that the topic of discussion was basically that 
Europeans are generally more receptive to socialism - as in who pays for 
the "free stuff".  College educations and the forgiving of student debt, 
to be specific.



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