Anthony🎭 retweeted
Japan is overwhelmingly homogeneous, far stricter on illegal immigration than the U.S., and has a predominantly conservative political culture. Congratulations on finally connecting the dots.
I recently spent two weeks in Japan, and I have to say, the trip really opened my eyes to just how much better we could be doing here in America.
I’m not exaggerating. Some of the differences were shocking.
Here are a few things I noticed:
- In two weeks traveling through some of the most densely populated cities in the world, I saw TWO visibly homeless people. TWO!
I saw just ONE person who appeared to be struggling with drug addiction.
- The high-speed rail system was incredible. Clean, affordable, fast, and efficient. Meanwhile, Americans are still arguing about whether high-speed rail is even worth building.
- I never once felt unsafe walking around with my kids, even in massive cities surrounded by thousands of people.
- There were barely any public trash cans, yet somehow the streets were almost spotless.
- The difference in income inequality was noticeable. The infrastructure, housing, and public services reflected a society that seems to take much more pride in making everyday life work for everyone.
Now, I already know what some people on the right are going to say.
“Japan doesn’t have mass immigration!”
“Japan isn’t run by Democrats!”
OK, but can we stop turning EVERYTHING into a partisan argument for five minutes?
Japan isn’t perfect. It has its own serious problems, and I’m not pretending two weeks makes me an expert on the country.
But what I saw made one thing painfully obvious to me.
We have normalized so many problems in America that we’ve convinced ourselves they’re simply unavoidable.
Homelessness. Dirty streets. Failing infrastructure. Terrible public transportation. People feeling unsafe in their own communities.
Why?
We are one of the wealthiest nations in human history. We have the money. We have the technology. We have the talent.
What we seem to lack is the willingness to stop making excuses and demand better.
I’m proud to be an American. But being proud of your country shouldn’t mean pretending other countries haven’t figured out how to do certain things better.
Patriotism isn’t ignoring America’s problems. It’s wanting America to be better.
And after spending two weeks in Japan, I’m more convinced than ever that we can do a whole lot better.
Anthony🎭 retweeted
Japan is the way Japan is because it doesn’t have left wingers like you lol
I recently spent two weeks in Japan, and I have to say, the trip really opened my eyes to just how much better we could be doing here in America.
I’m not exaggerating. Some of the differences were shocking.
Here are a few things I noticed:
- In two weeks traveling through some of the most densely populated cities in the world, I saw TWO visibly homeless people. TWO!
I saw just ONE person who appeared to be struggling with drug addiction.
- The high-speed rail system was incredible. Clean, affordable, fast, and efficient. Meanwhile, Americans are still arguing about whether high-speed rail is even worth building.
- I never once felt unsafe walking around with my kids, even in massive cities surrounded by thousands of people.
- There were barely any public trash cans, yet somehow the streets were almost spotless.
- The difference in income inequality was noticeable. The infrastructure, housing, and public services reflected a society that seems to take much more pride in making everyday life work for everyone.
Now, I already know what some people on the right are going to say.
“Japan doesn’t have mass immigration!”
“Japan isn’t run by Democrats!”
OK, but can we stop turning EVERYTHING into a partisan argument for five minutes?
Japan isn’t perfect. It has its own serious problems, and I’m not pretending two weeks makes me an expert on the country.
But what I saw made one thing painfully obvious to me.
We have normalized so many problems in America that we’ve convinced ourselves they’re simply unavoidable.
Homelessness. Dirty streets. Failing infrastructure. Terrible public transportation. People feeling unsafe in their own communities.
Why?
We are one of the wealthiest nations in human history. We have the money. We have the technology. We have the talent.
What we seem to lack is the willingness to stop making excuses and demand better.
I’m proud to be an American. But being proud of your country shouldn’t mean pretending other countries haven’t figured out how to do certain things better.
Patriotism isn’t ignoring America’s problems. It’s wanting America to be better.
And after spending two weeks in Japan, I’m more convinced than ever that we can do a whole lot better.
Anthony🎭 retweeted
Gas could be at 8 month low "by Thanksgiving".
Nothing in Iran has changed.
No new Democrats are sworn into office until Jan 3.
Millions of voters deceived.
Anthony🎭 retweeted
naaah bro. from the fake taking the wedding ring off when she saw some male stripper come from backstage on a show, to openly admitting she desires attention from other men & how it hurts her that she doesn’t get that anymore, to now starring in a movie where she’s kissing other dudes… Ayesha’s a liability man💀 Steph shouldn’t have to do this
Anthony🎭 retweeted
Hasan Piker hits a wall when he tries to tell a man born in the Soviet Union that Americans are just as controlled as people under communism.
Konstantin Kisin shuts down the comparison and lays out the difference.
When he’s done, even Piker admits he’s right.
HASAN PIKER: “A lot of people think, well, as long as I can eat a Big Mac, you know, as long as I can watch TV, as long as I can consume porn [...] then, you know, things are probably fine.”
“It’s a different mechanism of control that makes you think that you are actually an active participant in this.”
Kisin isn’t buying it.
KONSTANTIN KISIN: “The difference between those countries is not that they can’t eat a Big Mac.”
“The difference is that if they criticize the government, in Russia today even, but of course in the Soviet Union previously, you’re going to get killed, right? In America, that’s not what happens, right? In America, you don’t get put in jail.”
HASAN PIKER: “We don’t know yet.”
That’s his whole defense: what MIGHT happen in America.
So Kisin makes it personal.
KONSTANTIN KISIN: “You in China or in the Soviet Union would be killed if you were critical of that regime.”
HASAN PIKER: “I would definitely be jailed, for sure.”
And there it is. Piker makes Kisin’s argument for him.
KONSTANTIN KISIN: “So that’s the difference between these countries and America. It’s not a Big Mac, it’s freedom.”
Only in a free country can you build a career telling people they aren’t free.
CONTEXT: Communist regimes don’t just jail their critics.
Under Stalin, the Soviet secret police executed 681,692 people in two years, by the regime’s own records. That’s more than 900 a day.
Under Mao, the Great Leap Forward killed at least 45 million people in four years, per historian Frank Dikötter.
Under Pol Pot, nearly a quarter of Cambodia’s population was dead within four years.
Anthony🎭 retweeted
They put a man linked to the Muslim Brotherhood in the U.S.Senate. Don't ever call President Trump a threat to democracy again.
Anthony🎭 retweeted
The PsyOp the democrats ran to make Americans think things are getting worse for them has to be satanic.
