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SoCalDavidS

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8. It's The People & The Politics

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #5)

Thu Sep 2, 2021, 11:09 PM

Sep 2021

Perhaps the reason we don't have a strong system is because we're so screwed up, and some 40% of the population have their heads up their asses.

The MORON factor is far higher here than in many countries. Certainly a country like Denmark wouldn't tolerate or coddle such BS like we do here. When it came time to lockdown over there, they did what was necessary, rather than act like BABIES.

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Why Finland And Denmark Are Happier Than The U.S. [View all] Uncle Joe Sep 2021 OP

Well they don't have Texas or Florida Walleye Sep 2021 #1

To my way of thinking, this sentence by a poster on YouTube best sums it up Uncle Joe Sep 2021 #2

That's it Walleye Sep 2021 #4

+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2021 #13

Denmark Is Where I Want To Go When My Parents Pass Away SoCalDavidS Sep 2021 #3

I do believe if we had a strong national health care system, our un-vaccinated rate Uncle Joe Sep 2021 #5

It's The People & The Politics SoCalDavidS Sep 2021 #8

Better learn Dansk before you go DFW Sep 2021 #6

Yeah, That's A Kicker SoCalDavidS Sep 2021 #7

Take a 2 month trip there, get to know the place first DFW Sep 2021 #9

in my combined time in ebeltoft, denmark, i heard 1 ambulance siren. never saw a cop car. pansypoo53219 Sep 2021 #10

I wouldn't expect anything else from Ebeltoft DFW Sep 2021 #12

i think i encountered a drug dealer in arhus. pansypoo53219 Sep 2021 #19

No, I wouldn't expect so DFW Sep 2021 #20

we did spend a lot of time on the 'highways'. no cops there either. did spend some pansypoo53219 Sep 2021 #22

Thanks For The Info SoCalDavidS Sep 2021 #15

I've never been to Denmark, but I've been to Finland, and the people we met couldn't have been nicer Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #11

No wonder DFW Sep 2021 #16

I don't remember ordering anything, they just presented us with food, LOL Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #21

Thank you for that! smirkymonkey Sep 2021 #14

Be careful what you wish for! DFW Sep 2021 #17

Hah! I love that! smirkymonkey Sep 2021 #18