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[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The only thing that seems to have the potential to move the needle down south has been grade school name calling with even dumber retorts. We definitely don’t have a monopoly on idiocy.

[–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Using the United States as a comparison already says a lot. They’ve been a joke of a “democracy” for about 40 years already. Being better than them is not a highlight.

[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

Please make the rest of the country understand that though. They still believe the American dream is a thing and it’s the best country in the world and therefore beating them at all is a massive achievement in their eyes. Unfortunately the US ranks last in the G7 by most metrics that are worth anything, by a large margin