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[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 65 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Protect rich people at all costs

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Not even protect, really, but also “ensure they experience not the slightest discomfort nor the smallest penalty of law, and make sure their ever-expanding demand for luxury is exceeded in every measure.”

~guillotines are good for the environment~

[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 35 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Many things. For example, every single president during my lifetime has been almost universally liked by everyone in the country - kind of like a lifetime of Obamas.

A more recent example of something they do well is when I started my business. I received nearly 10 hours of one-on-one personal guidance on how to do it, completely free. They’re also paying me around 600 euros a month for a year to help me get started.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What country is this? Uruguay?

[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 15 points 5 months ago
[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

Thanks Obama.

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Jesus, Lemmy, this should be a positive thread not just an opportunity to complain

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Yea, didn't see it going this way either.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

Incarcerate citizens.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 5 months ago
[–] 7ai@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] marito@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

Ha! You must be from... Shit, so many options.

[–] kn33@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Australia is super good at dryland cropping, growing wheat where there's fuck all water.

Also, digging up red soil and flogging it to China at a rate that you can almost feel the earth's axis shifting.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 5 months ago

Steal, corrupt, kill, erase, and destroy. Thats about all the country im ashamed to be a citizen of does

[–] ClusterBomb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 5 months ago

Destroying public services.

[–] demesisx@infosec.pub 9 points 3 months ago

Stifle populist movements around the world in the pursuit of infinite growth.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Parks and interstate freeways

[–] CaptainHowdy@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago

Kill (or help kill) people who are on average more poor and brown than we are.

[–] Commiunism@lemmy.wtf 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Abandoning public services and privatizing them :(

[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

Welfare for giant corporations

[–] Atin@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Fucking the working class.

[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago

Syrup. Affable. Eh?

[–] Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 months ago

Serve the military Political kidnaps and assassinations their own citizens and journalists

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Bomb oppressed peoples.

[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago

They handled the pandemic well with regards to small businesses

50% of your normal monthly income, free, no questions asked. That was great lol, sat on my arse for six months

Also, 1% of my taxes get put into a training fund that I can spend on any kind of training I want. Doesn't have to be relevant to my business at all

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago
[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

The country: promise the opportunity of a better life

The govt: Be corrupt

[–] sntx@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago
[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 4 points 5 months ago

To find new ways to obstruct the lives of the everyday citizens, while letting both local and international monetary elites to do what they want.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Many things, but not all of them good. Still, some are good.

[–] Libb@jlai.lu 3 points 5 months ago

Taxes. They have an incredible talent to raise new taxes.

And, more seriously, like already mentioned in another comment: destroying public services. which is a real sad thing to see happening, if you ask me.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

My county government office is a well oiled machine. Paying for taxes like car tags and property is a no-brainer, in person or online. Last time I got a new driver's license I was in and out, 10 minutes flat, including the walk to and from my truck. Prices for all of the above are plenty fair.

[–] LavenderDay3544@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Military stuff

[–] macrocarpa@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Superannuation

Minimum 10% compulsory

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[–] hexdream@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Corruption, and running enterprises into the ground with. Our countries official power utility, our postal service, our railways, our police as examples. You know , the stuff we kind of need as citizens. Edit: Our taxation is world class though.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Maintain global dominance by attracting and keeping STEM workers

[–] DavidDoesLemmy 3 points 5 months ago

Preferential voting. Compulsory voting.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Support Israel.

Ha, try guessing.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 months ago

Gun violence. Police murder. Cover-ups.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago

Killing brown people. Incredibly skilled at it.

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Attracting tourists so that the money can be spent on building stadiums for the World Cup, meanwhile out immigrants keep destroying cities every time my country gets involved in a non-friendly match.

And that country is not in Europe.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Shoot itself in the dick

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago

Destroy the country.

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Making new enemies.

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