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THIS! I remember a time that my dad had gotten laid off and my mum was dealing with health issues. They were simply down on their luck and filed for food stamps. Due to their Canadian pension they only qualified for $18 in food stamps a month and made too much to have health insurance, just adding to the health issues.

This! Pay everyone a living wage and do away with tips!

Oh, we Germans kinda do that, too, actually 😅

Everything in American-English too rather than British-English. things that are translated from almost any other language into American-English rather than British-English regardless of the subject matter

We’d call that indoctrination in the UK. I remember speaking with an elderly Italian man who was a child when Mussolini came to power. He told me they were forced to do similar things at school.

And lobby for laws that put more people in jail

Most Americans think they're ridiculous too tbh.

It's so much more than that. It's not that they dont want healthcare, they dont want to pay for SOMEONE ELSE'S healthcare.

Most places use chip-and-pin where they *have* to take the card at the table since you need to enter your PIN. USA credit card banks decided Americans aren't smart enough for chip-and-pin, so we just have chip and an archaic signature.

Yeah, I kinda agree with this one.

This is sad

Add "who is paying their debt while also stopping treatment because they can't continue accruing more debt"

yeah...

i know- you can literally stare someone in the face while they are going to the bathroom

How else can they keep up the illusion that they live in a country worth celebrating?

Its something called Pride I know its a new concept for you. See thousands have died for us to be in this country and live free so we show respect by putting up a simple flag.

This is actually not just America.... but whatever your truly dumbass self likes to believe... Denmark displays theirs everywhere, so does Norway, Sweden, Finland... Great Britain's Union Jack is literally everywhere... France as well... And then there is the European Union flag... which is also EVERYWHERE... But of course, when you are used to it... you don't notice it as much. Just another part of the landscape that you fail to notice and try to act like you don't do the same thing. Pathetic.

I remember the rise of the flag nationalism like yesterday. Shortly after the intelligence failures of September, 11, 2001, commercials started showing the following- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-BNO1jNnFY

Flag flying is popular in some other countries, so it's not just an American phenomena, but what seems worse is that flying the American flag has come to be associated with the MAGA movement. My sister is a military veteran (and gay), and she's stopped flying the flag except on certain holidays because flag flying has some to mean something complete different than pride in the USA. And she gets visibly angry at how many people violate the flag code when they fly the flag. She's gone into more than one business to complain about their flag display.

I live in america, and I got hate from a coworker for saying I wasn't proud to live in america, because I'm not, how can we be proud of what this nation has become

In Canada, the flags come out on national holidays or fly in front of more official buildings (government buildings and schools for example). The odd person might put one in the window of their home, but they could just as well have another flag that represents a group they belong to or want to support (such as LGBTQ+ or Franco-Ontarians).

Here we only have them on national holidays(National day, birthday of someone in the royal family, etc.)

well... I mean....they look nice....kinda pretty, for a flag. besides patriotism has gotten our country a long way throughout history. its most of the reason we won the revolution. that, and france.

Partially reassurance of being "free"/ "democracy",barely valid there anymore sadly

Unpopular opinion, but uh, I don't see anything wrong with showing pride in ones country

Where I live anyway it's law that every classroom must have a US flag displayed in full view.

It seems those that fly the flag on a regular basis are the ones most prone to vote against rights for EVERYONE

Did your dumbass happen to visit on one of the several holidays we put the flags out for? Besides... If the British couldn't make us take them down... you certainly don't stand a chance.

I don't know how many times I have watched a tv series or a movie where someone will go back into a place to 'rescue' the American flag even when they are under fire. And again, the action of throwing a flag on the ground is 'gasp, horror, shock'. It's a piece of material, it is easy to replace, it is not worth dying for to just to rescue it.

My neighbors refuse to take their “MAGA” flags. LOL

We like to celebrate our country. Is that a problem?

The more flags, patriotic red white and blue clothing and flag stickers on the pick up truck the smaller the mind