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[–]Canbot 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I was born to immigrants who came here with nothing. Given an education free of charge for 12 years. Protected by the strongest army in the world, even though I could not contribute. Given the same rights as the aristocrats, even though I was born a peasant. Given the right to vote, even though my family had no part in building this great nation. I walked on the paved and well lit streets that I did not build. Drove on the paved roads I did not fund. Was coddled by the infrastructure that took 100 years to build up before I was even born.

I live in the greatest country in the world. I have a great, high paying job. I vacation every year like a king. I see what the rest of the world is.

I contribute to this country voluntarily. My contribution builds the well lit streets. It funds the schools. It funds the welfare of the poor. It keeps us all safe and affords us the luxury of being disgusting, entitled, ungrateful pieces of shit.

I would like my money to be well spent instead of squandered. To that effect I would like the government to be no bigger than it has to be. But no government, no taxes, is not a paradise. It is literal all out war. It is dog eat dog. It is the most dystopian chaos that can exist.

There is nothing more retarded than to want to turn the greatest country in the world into the most dystopian shit hole simply out of spite. Simply because there are people who are far more successful than you. Stop hating the rich.

[–]insta 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

My contribution builds the well lit streets. It funds the schools. It funds the welfare of the poor.

What happens when the streets are shit, the schools teach your kids to hate you, and the poor just want endless gibs?

This isn't some "fuck the rich" post. This is the cry of the ever-squeezing working and middle classes.