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    [–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (16 children)

    You're an SJW for sure.

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      [–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (14 children)

      You people are going to starve to death in your own gulags just like last time.

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        [–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

        You are proud to be non-American but not proud enough to state your country? Let us know which one it is so we can follow such an optimal democratic example.

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          [–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

          Ha, ha, ha...of course. You won't say. Naturally, because that would destroy your narrative of being pure and good like Bernie Sanders (a Judas goat for the corporate Democrats as you know of course) told everyone. Riddle me this: would you be able to afford all of those fantastically expensive social programs without a distant foreign country paying a ruinous amount from their own citizens' pockets for your defense? Military spending is incredibly costly, and you've got an idiot to do it for you. European politicians were quite open about refusing to carry their fair share of the load, saying clearly that if they spent the required amount on defense they would be voted out of office by their own voters. The vast majority of Europe haven't paid their fair share for decades.

          Do we really have something to lose as Americans if we pull back our external activity? The Cold War is over, and it seems the more fingers we have in pies like NATO, the Middle Eastern countries, and so forth, the more problems we create.

          Let Europe defend Europe. They are not incapable nascent and fragile democracies anymore. Giving Europe its self-determination is the mark of a true ally. Granted, it might mean compromises to their various social welfare states or tax increases because military might is expensive, but it is their decision to make.

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            [–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

            Come on, tell us where you're from. Is it one of the countries whose ass we kicked, or whose ass we saved?

            There is no fair share to pay.

            Sure there is. Member states must contribute 2% of their budget to defense spending. Most aren't doing it and haven't done it for a long time. Pointing out that it's not part of the treaty that founded NATO still does nothing to stop the fact that NATO countries are worthless freeloaders who aren't bearing their fair share of the load. And they do it with glee, just like you, pointing out that they can't be forced to play fairly and that their people would vote them out if they implemented a level playing field.

            Just stop bullying countries like Venezuela and start taxing your damn billionaires

            Oh, you're one of those. I thought Venezuela wasn't socialist and never was in the first place? Did that change while I wasn't looking? Was there a Hate Week where the speaker changed his idea in mid-sentence and everyone pretended not to notice?

            Demographically, Islam is a future keystone of Europe. The American left recognizes this and that's why it wisely treats Islam with a respect that is both morally and politically sound. Islamophobia, a kind of racism, is irrational and somewhat subconscious in the white mind – in the same place as conspiracy theories and paranoia. One doesn't need to know anything about Islamic theology to recognize that.

            European welfare state model is unsustainable, particularly w/o the hapless US taxpayers funding their defense.