(Don’t take this map too seriously, I found it on another social media, not an academic paper).

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    3 months ago

    I’m confused, what does America have to do with anything?

    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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      3 months ago

      America is the default country on the internet. Whenever somebody makes a country-specific comment on the internet, you can assume they’re from the US, because they’re the only one imagining that they’re the only relevant country in the world.

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      3 months ago

      This post is highlighting the tax rates of European countries, which are them supposed to be compared with the extremely low AMERICAN tax rates.

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        3 months ago

        They’re not tax rates, they’re people’s opinions about tax rates