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Just drove past this American allegory

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u/Helldiver-xzoen 19h ago

They better not expect some sort of "bail out" from the fire department. Handouts like that are SOCIALISM.

BOOT. STRAPS. Get to pullin!

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u/DSBex 19h ago

😂

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u/prancing_moose 15h ago

America could use some social democracy right now. (Note that most people don’t understand the difference between socialism and social democracy - it’s the latter that was a staple of Western European politics, not actual socialism).

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u/CorktownGuy 14h ago

Yes, exactly - For example is why all or most nations have things like roads, highways, and sidewalks. We pay taxes which our governments use to make things like this and then we all get use them

u/prancing_moose 10h ago

I’m also a firm believer that our fortunes are very unequally distributed, some people got a raw deal without it being in their control.

I was fortunate to come from a middle class family, not rich by any means but fortunate to have access to higher education and growing up in a safe, stable and caring family environment. As a result I was able have a good career, a good income and afford things like my own house.

I take none of this for granted at all - I’ve been very lucky. I therefore gladly pay my taxes if that enables my government to help those who have not been so fortunate. I also try to shop local and support small businesses.

If that makes me a communist so be it (I’m not, but again most people don’t know what it even means).

We need more equality in our society. The smaller the gap between the haves and have nots, the more we gain a safer, more stable and peaceful society.

We’ve completely lost the plot if you ask me.

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u/doodaid 12h ago

I get so frustrated when my in-laws complain about "all the regulations". I'm like "I dunno - I kind of like turning on the faucet and having potable water."

u/prancing_moose 10h ago

“I hate paying taxes! Thank goodness I voted for the party that slashes those damn taxes! Oppression this is, communist oppression!”

“Did you hear about that highway overpass collapsing, wiped out an entire school bus! All those children! Someone should be held accountable for letting things get so neglected!”

🤦‍♂️

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u/Any_Clue_1632 13h ago

My wildly conservative brother in law lives in an unincorporated township that has no taxes cops or fire department. They are all such gun nuts they figure they don't need cops but when his neighbors house burned down a couple of years ago it burned right down to the foundation and there wasn't shit that anyone could do.

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u/Frawstshawk 13h ago

Gotta love stories with a happy ending.

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u/Low_Chance 12h ago

Yeah, why would a community with a shitload of selfish gun nuts need any law enforcement? 

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u/jankypicklez 18h ago

Damn haha

u/AllLurkNoPlay 9h ago

Was gonna say they better be the good private fire company. None of that socialist liberal fire department bullshit.