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Culture War Roundup for the week of December 23, 2024

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everything else American over a single immigrant like @BurdensomeCount as even "low human captital" is of greater value than negative human capital.

Sir, I demand satisfaction! Even if you think I am negative value to society (naturally I disagree) at the very least you must grant that the magnitude if not the sign of my contributions is leagues and bounds beyond that your average sub-Saharan African is capable of.

The average human being, even if they try their damnedest, is not capable of making a big impact on society either way, positive or negative (discounting of course banal crap like shooting the person they got minor beef with, but that doesn't count because even here they are merely channeling the destructive power of a far greater force than themselves); true perniciousness is firmly beyond their capabilities.

Even if you think I am a net negative (which is your prerogative) you must admit that the extent of my negativeness is extraordinary- that is, I am not like them in any way at all beyond the superficial.

EDIT: I must also add that the job I am working in at the moment is one that's completely borders agnostic. Functionally I'm already taking a job away from an American if you're the sort of person who thinks in those terms, except that right now the US is getting precisely $0 in taxes from me. Giving me a free green card (not that I'd accept it, US has very onerous tax policies on their worldwide income for permanent residents living anywhere in the world) and welcoming me to the US is basically free money for you with no downside.

Have you considered that people don't like having new neighbors who openly look down their noses at them?

Sir, I demand satisfaction!

Pistols or Swords? If the latter we might actually be able to make that happen. I plan to be at Pennsic 51 (Schedule Permitting), bearing the banner of The Outlands on behalf of Cariadoc. Look for the knight in white, black, and gold with a sausage pierced by a sword on his shield. The Poleaxe/Bill is also an option, as is the Spear.

at the very least you must grant that the magnitude if not the sign of my contributions is leagues and bounds beyond that your average sub-Saharan African is capable of.

No i do not, because little or no gain is still preferable to a "loss" of any magnitude.

To be clear I don't "think" you are "a net negative value to society". I am taking your own statements about your relationship with your host country at face value and drawing what, to me, seem like obvious conclusions.

Finally, if the job you're working is borders agnostic, why immigrate? if the answer, is "superior quality of life" why can't you just shut up and be grateful instead of sneering at your hosts?

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