The brazilification of America continues

[Anonymous]

https://twitter.com/spiroagnewghost/status/1481372834987274240?s=21

Local politicians in shootouts after road raging themselves

https://twitter.com/johnschreiber/status/1481770722271760384?s=21

Train robbers

The 🇺🇸 is so cringe. I have a genuine question for wealthy people who post here — why do you live here and haven’t just bought something in New Zealand or Switzerland or Austria yet?

[Anonymous]

Are we going to drink Caipirinhas, please?

[Anonymous]

The first link is to a story in Florida. Check with Homer Simpson on what Florida is. Florida politicians are universally shady. You can’t judge America based on Florida! It’s like judging Brazil on the favellas.


Crimes is bad in the US because of the growing inequity in our society. The rich are getting super rich and the poor are getting desperate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The first link is to a story in Florida. Check with Homer Simpson on what Florida is. Florida politicians are universally shady. You can’t judge America based on Florida! It’s like judging Brazil on the favellas.


Crimes is bad in the US because of the growing inequity in our society. The rich are getting super rich and the poor are getting desperate.

The other link is about California.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://twitter.com/spiroagnewghost/status/1481372834987274240?s=21

Local politicians in shootouts after road raging themselves

https://twitter.com/johnschreiber/status/1481770722271760384?s=21

Train robbers

The 🇺🇸 is so cringe. I have a genuine question for wealthy people who post here — why do you live here and haven’t just bought something in New Zealand or Switzerland or Austria yet?

Seriously? A former state level political staffer does something stupid and that is supposed to be newsworthy?

The train thing is interesting, but that is in LA, which is basically a third world country at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The first link is to a story in Florida. Check with Homer Simpson on what Florida is. Florida politicians are universally shady. You can’t judge America based on Florida! It’s like judging Brazil on the favellas.


Crimes is bad in the US because of the growing inequity in our society. The rich are getting super rich and the poor are getting desperate.

The other link is about California.

I’m a dem — I’m sorry, California is a DUMP!

I will never ever ever ever understand why liberals have such a hard on for California and never talk about Massachusetts, which is the superior model for liberal living and governance.

I mean I have my theories but I won’t get into them.

[Anonymous]

Being rich isn't like being working class or middle class. The range of working class is like, what, maybe 40k -80k per year depending on where people live? In any case, the spread is less than 100k from top to bottom of the range. Ditto middle class, maybe no more than a 200k spread between top and bottom.

Being rich is different. You can be $10M net worth rich or billionaire rich. The difference between $10M rich and $100M rich is massive.

To be able to afford to live in Switzerland, you can't be a garden variety DCUM millionaire. Switzerland is one of the most expensive nations in the world. New Zealand and Austria are also both very expensive. And, because the US charges taxes to overseas citizens, you have to pay both the high taxes of those countries AND taxes to the US.

Usually, rich people care about preserving wealth, so taxes factor into location quite heavily. Those countries are not appealing for that reason. And, rich people are pretty insulated from the types of things you linked to. Sure, there's always the possibility of random violence but that is quite unlikely. And if my amazon package is looted, that sucks, but Amazon will replace it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The first link is to a story in Florida. Check with Homer Simpson on what Florida is. Florida politicians are universally shady. You can’t judge America based on Florida! It’s like judging Brazil on the favellas.


Crimes is bad in the US because of the growing inequity in our society. The rich are getting super rich and the poor are getting desperate.

The other link is about California.

I’m a dem — I’m sorry, California is a DUMP!

I will never ever ever ever understand why liberals have such a hard on for California and never talk about Massachusetts, which is the superior model for liberal living and governance.

I mean I have my theories but I won’t get into them.

Fantastic seafood, world class wine, amazing weather and ocean views. End of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The first link is to a story in Florida. Check with Homer Simpson on what Florida is. Florida politicians are universally shady. You can’t judge America based on Florida! It’s like judging Brazil on the favellas.


Crimes is bad in the US because of the growing inequity in our society. The rich are getting super rich and the poor are getting desperate.

The other link is about California.

I’m a dem — I’m sorry, California is a DUMP!

I will never ever ever ever understand why liberals have such a hard on for California and never talk about Massachusetts, which is the superior model for liberal living and governance.

I mean I have my theories but I won’t get into them.

Fantastic seafood, world class wine, amazing weather and ocean views. End of.

I spend part of my year in Lisbon. Trying to accelerate that into full time.

You get everything you mentioned in Lisbon without any of the downsides or deviancy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being rich isn't like being working class or middle class. The range of working class is like, what, maybe 40k -80k per year depending on where people live? In any case, the spread is less than 100k from top to bottom of the range. Ditto middle class, maybe no more than a 200k spread between top and bottom.

Being rich is different. You can be $10M net worth rich or billionaire rich. The difference between $10M rich and $100M rich is massive.

To be able to afford to live in Switzerland, you can't be a garden variety DCUM millionaire. Switzerland is one of the most expensive nations in the world. New Zealand and Austria are also both very expensive. And, because the US charges taxes to overseas citizens, you have to pay both the high taxes of those countries AND taxes to the US.

Usually, rich people care about preserving wealth, so taxes factor into location quite heavily. Those countries are not appealing for that reason. And, rich people are pretty insulated from the types of things you linked to. Sure, there's always the possibility of random violence but that is quite unlikely. And if my amazon package is looted, that sucks, but Amazon will replace it.

10 million is more than enough for Austria (Salzburg specifically) because that’s my “get out target #” . I might have to shift it down though.

10 million easily gets you into Tuscany or Lyon (just a short train ride to Geneva).

So many dcum posters have 10 million in the bank.

[Anonymous]

I know lots of Brazilians, OP. To put down the people in your links you don’t need to resort to tired stereotypes and ignorance about a whole country. It’s ignorant and played out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being rich isn't like being working class or middle class. The range of working class is like, what, maybe 40k -80k per year depending on where people live? In any case, the spread is less than 100k from top to bottom of the range. Ditto middle class, maybe no more than a 200k spread between top and bottom.

Being rich is different. You can be $10M net worth rich or billionaire rich. The difference between $10M rich and $100M rich is massive.

To be able to afford to live in Switzerland, you can't be a garden variety DCUM millionaire. Switzerland is one of the most expensive nations in the world. New Zealand and Austria are also both very expensive. And, because the US charges taxes to overseas citizens, you have to pay both the high taxes of those countries AND taxes to the US.

Usually, rich people care about preserving wealth, so taxes factor into location quite heavily. Those countries are not appealing for that reason. And, rich people are pretty insulated from the types of things you linked to. Sure, there's always the possibility of random violence but that is quite unlikely. And if my amazon package is looted, that sucks, but Amazon will replace it.

10 million is more than enough for Austria (Salzburg specifically) because that’s my “get out target #” . I might have to shift it down though.

10 million easily gets you into Tuscany or Lyon (just a short train ride to Geneva).

So many dcum posters have 10 million in the bank.

Curious why you'd want to go to Geneva?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know lots of Brazilians, OP. To put down the people in your links you don’t need to resort to tired stereotypes and ignorance about a whole country. It’s ignorant and played out.

Brazil is dangerous AF. Have you even ever been there? OP actually downplayed how dangerous Brazil is, especially at night. Rio and Sao Paolo are very scary places if you don't know where you are going.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know lots of Brazilians, OP. To put down the people in your links you don’t need to resort to tired stereotypes and ignorance about a whole country. It’s ignorant and played out.

Brazil is dangerous AF. Have you even ever been there? OP actually downplayed how dangerous Brazil is, especially at night. Rio and Sao Paolo are very scary places if you don't know where you are going.

Yes but it has a great beach scene. Maybe Somalia would be more apt?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know lots of Brazilians, OP. To put down the people in your links you don’t need to resort to tired stereotypes and ignorance about a whole country. It’s ignorant and played out.

Brazil is dangerous AF. Have you even ever been there? OP actually downplayed how dangerous Brazil is, especially at night. Rio and Sao Paolo are very scary places if you don't know where you are going.

So it’s okay to put down all of DC because there are some areas that are dangerous (for a whole host of socioeconomic factors, mind you). Got it.