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    Question What do all the first world nations have in common?

    Why do all the dirty trashy proles try to come to our awesome nations?

    Is it just a coincidence some of us have been so successful?

    What are the commonalities that have made 1st world nations succeed?

    And if there are such commonalities, shoudln't the things that have made us successful be preserved? Aren't such things worthy? Or should we take the advice of life losers that couldn't fix their own steaming pile of a shit country on how to run our very successful country that they are now desperate to get into?


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    Most have Universal HealthCare.

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    Most have ready access to birth control, including abortion.
    Religious countries like the Middle East and Latin America produce too many 'Eaters' ... and need to ship them somewhere else.

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    First World Nations have been the 'Colonizers', and have been able to 'buy' the Natural Resources of other countries.
    (Wealthy shareholders of International Corporations are able to extract the Wealth from the less advanced countries)

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    First World Nations make the Rules. Whether it's the WTO or United Nations.

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    First World Nations 'police' the World through NATO and the strategic placement of Military Power throughout and around the Planet.

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    Multicolored douche bags?
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    What day is Michaelmas on?

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    Weed?
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    jingoism[jing-goh-iz-uh m]

    noun
    the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.
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    fanaticism, nationalism, narrowness, zealotry, ethnocentricity

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnBercow View Post
    Why do all the dirty trashy proles try to come to our awesome nations?

    Is it just a coincidence some of us have been so successful?

    What are the commonalities that have made 1st world nations succeed?

    And if there are such commonalities, shoudln't the things that have made us successful be preserved? Aren't such things worthy? Or should we take the advice of life losers that couldn't fix their own steaming pile of a shit country on how to run our very successful country that they are now desperate to get into?
    Classic ethnocentrism with a touch of nativism

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    Classic ethnocentrism with a touch of nativism
    and you believe this has made us some of the greatest nations in the world?


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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnBercow View Post
    and you believe this has made us some of the greatest nations in the world?
    The real question is, can we remain the greatest nation in the world?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnBercow View Post
    and you believe this has made us some of the greatest nations in the world?
    why does your Snow White have a Hitler mustache?......

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    Hello JohnBercow,

    Quote Originally Posted by JohnBercow View Post
    Why do all the dirty trashy proles try to come to our awesome nations?

    Is it just a coincidence some of us have been so successful?

    What are the commonalities that have made 1st world nations succeed?

    And if there are such commonalities, shoudln't the things that have made us successful be preserved? Aren't such things worthy? Or should we take the advice of life losers that couldn't fix their own steaming pile of a shit country on how to run our very successful country that they are now desperate to get into?
    Well, if we look back in history, there are some clues.

    The most advanced nations in history have almost always had an overwhelming military, and undertaken conquests of acquisition. After all the available land of the world became claimed, those conquests mostly settled down. From then on, the military might, and the threat of destruction have reinforced the acquisition of wealth rather than land (because that's what it was all about all along, anyway.) So-called imperialism.

    Industrialization provided advancement for some through forced labor and slavery, which later gave way to the exploitation of poorly paid labor to create vast wealth for some, and sustenance for others. Socialism and strong regulation of capitalism allowed the formation of a middle class, while providing a safety net for the most heavily exploited. The military might, coupled with the power of great capital, secured a constant flow of needed resources to fuel the industrialization.

    Now that cheaper labor and automation have displaced many of the previously exploited workers, nations with less socialism and more resentment of government regulations (read: the USA) are transitioning from a strong middle class to even more extreme wealth inequality. But, since the basic safety net has not been completely destroyed, it is preferable to the [lack of one,] giving rise to the flow of dirt-poor people from places of rising danger and insecurity toward places of more security and opportunity.
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    What do all the first world nations have in common?

    Armed thieving and the exploitation of others.

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