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[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Feel like US is 15 years behind on a lot of things, education, healthcare, social programs, infrastructure maintenance, etc.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

I think you're missing a digit there.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Capitalism only functions in an environment of competition. Because of our absolute domination of the Soviet Union, we've had no need to improve.

There's a reason wages were so high back in the day compared to now. It's because if people didn't get paid what they were owed, then we would lose mindshare to communism.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Fortunately, China is 30 years behind on natural gas. Suck it, losers.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

Hahahaha... China is also behind fracking and all stuff that happens to aquifers. Losers..

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Says @[email protected], famously Lemmy's most politically neutral user 🤣

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

stop you're making me blush

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

by politically neutral you mean having biases that match your own presumably

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If any country (with exceptions) is behind on nuclear power, then the whole world is behind. Not good!

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Pretty sure China is behind France

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

pretty sure you just made that up

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

The greatest humiliation.