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217 sats \ 7 replies \ @kepford 23 Jan \ parent \ on: Switzerland will likely vote on a 10 million population cap this year Politics_And_Law

You remind me of a pattern I see from conservativea in Texas. Everytime I visit they talk like California is a communist hell hole where I pay a massive amount more in taxes. They talk Like it is North Korea. In reality it is more like a European country. I wish it wasn't but the reality is that Texas and most other states for many people aren't massively different. Few actually do the work to compare and figure out how much their choices are costing them. The size of the gap might surprise many.

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47 sats \ 6 replies \ @optimism 23 Jan

Having worked with both, I often feel like even the politicians and high ranking state functionaries in Cali are very similar to German ones in their attitudes. Haha.

Its not all bad though, just there's a lot of waste that isn't getting addressed. Lots of ambition. Not always of the kind that actually helps people.

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100 sats \ 4 replies \ @Bell_curve 23 Jan

Germans are more competent than Californians

There is more graft in CA than Germany

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111 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 23 Jan

Don't doubt that.

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11 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 23 Jan

Californians are as precise as Germans when they need a reason to disqualify you from a tender haha. If however they want to award you a tender... yeah... 😂

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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 23 Jan

Sounds about right

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 23 Jan

I have to disagree again lol: Germans are more precise than Californians

CA is more similar to West Germany where AfD is less popular

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 23 Jan

Yep

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