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Europeans, what is something that Americans have/do that makes no sense to you? (programming.dev)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nobody in America cares about who will get the job done right. America only cares about bribery and power.

Normal people are uneducated and vote for people like it's a popularity contest or to be "anti-the-other-side"; while important things like judges aren't voted in by the people, but stacked towards the agenda of whichever (corrupt) party is already in office.

I would kill for an actual meritocracy, where the law said only accomplished people in specific areas could apply for specific kinds of jobs— especially political ones.