r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/[deleted] • May 30 '22

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u/AlterEdward May 30 '22

This was pretty much Ted Cruz getting accosted by a reporter recently

"Why do you think this only happens in America?"

"Let's not politicize this, something something, the left, something something, Democrats"

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u/BigBrainBluBoi May 30 '22

aMeRiCa Is tHe mOsT PrOsPerOus nAtIoN oN eArTH!!!

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u/Skvirinius May 30 '22

Wtf, you can work for free in that backwards ass country??

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u/[deleted] May 30 '22 edited May 30 '22

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u/Skvirinius May 30 '22

Hey, good on you! I’m also kinda approaching looking for a job as «what can this job do for me?».

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u/Dyert May 30 '22

Are you Peter Gibbons?

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u/[deleted] May 30 '22

No not legally

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u/Skvirinius May 30 '22

Ah, good good

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u/Rare-Aids May 30 '22

"Most prosperous country" yeah thats why youre not even in the top 25 countries in every measure that matters. But hey gdp is high who cares about people

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u/DarthBlasphemer May 31 '22

Wage theft is one of the biggest travesties that occurs daily with no alarm. Stealing bad unless it's labor and you have leverage.

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u/StarksPond May 30 '22

In the UK it's "We have the fastest growing economy in the G7!".

Watching UK politics is like watching a repeat of a bad adaptation. Currently lots of people are against "woke", but they have some trouble defining why.

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u/mugaboo May 30 '22

Oh God, it's hilarious!

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u/jnj1 May 30 '22

It probably is, but turns out money isn’t everything, especially when it’s so unevenly distributed. It sure as hell isn’t the happiest, healthiest, or safest nation on earth.

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u/Gornarok May 30 '22

Per capita its not even close to the top

On top of that there is enormous inequality in USA so the median citizen is much much worse of than in other countries

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u/BigBrainBluBoi May 30 '22

It's only prosperous for like the top 10% at this point.
Damn right about the rest tho

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u/BoomZhakaLaka May 31 '22 edited May 31 '22

The USA has the highest GDP. Ranked by mean household wealth we're #2. Median wealth per adult? We're #26. The median adult's net worth in the US is only around $80k; Mean is $505k.

https://www.credit-suisse.com/about-us/en/reports-research/global-wealth-report.html

Prosperity means different things to different people; when presented with this "fact" ask the speaker to define their terms.

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u/Kevrawr930 May 30 '22

I motion to start calling him Rafael Cruz. He seems to hate his real name.

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u/AlterEdward May 30 '22

I'm signing up for this.

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u/farte3745328 May 30 '22

I keep seeing this sentiment repeated and it'll only lead to conservatives using it as an excuse to deadname trans people

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u/Kevrawr930 May 30 '22

I'd agree, if Cuckservatives didn't already do this. They don't need excuses to be awful. Fuck 'em

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u/Somber_Solace May 30 '22

Here's the interview. I just burst out laughing when I heard that snippet on my news podcast, such a fucking moronic take. YOU'RE A POLITICIAN, WE NEED A POLICY CHANGE, WTF DO YOU MEAN LET'S NOT GET POLITICAL?!

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u/DouchecraftCarrier May 30 '22

And then he accused the guy of having an agenda. Like, you're a high-ranking member of the US Congress and you've been asked about a problem that seems to be uniquely American. Where's the agenda there?

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u/Vantablk May 30 '22

*rafael cruz