I didn't even know that in the UK and most of Europe that they actually aren't having massive layoffs like we are. It's fukking embarrassing. America "Best Country in the World" my ass.
Thanks to fukking Ronald Reagan, the Republican Party and their anti-government rhetoric which demonizes any policy that actually helps people as being "socialism", "communism" and "handouts" we can't have nice things like in Europe and East Asia
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A lot of Americans eat that bullshyt rhetoric up which makes things even worse. "The American Dream" was ALWAYS a fantasy/myth
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The funny thing too is that the UK government is ran by Conservatives and the UK has it's most conservative government since the Iron Lady back in the '80s (Margaret Thatcher). It really shows you how fukking batshyt insane the GOP is.