August1991 Posted August 25, 2024 Report Posted August 25, 2024 Democracy? Voter turn-out is no measure of civilisation. Peaceful transfer of power without death between opponents? ==== Most Norwegians, Canadians and Americans voluntarily pay their taxes. Koreans and even Japanese don't. Quote
NAME REMOVED Posted August 25, 2024 Report Posted August 25, 2024 (edited) 2 hours ago, August1991 said: Democracy? Voter turn-out is no measure of civilisation. Peaceful transfer of power without death between opponents? ==== Most Norwegians, Canadians and Americans voluntarily pay their taxes. Koreans and even Japanese don't. Demographics. Scandinavians are Northern European Caucasians. Canada was founded by Western Europeans. The industrial revolution changed these countires for the better, with an increased quality of life before any other country. Edited August 26, 2024 by DUI_Offender Quote
August1991 Posted August 25, 2024 Author Report Posted August 25, 2024 4 minutes ago, DUI_Offender said: Demographics. Scandinavians are Northern European Caucasians. Canada was founded by Western Europeans. People in Singapore also pay taxes. Milton Friedman invented payroll taxes. Quote
August1991 Posted August 25, 2024 Author Report Posted August 25, 2024 I reckon that tax payment/compliance is a far better measure of "democracy" than voter turn out. In 2020, according to Wikipedia, Biden received 81 million votes. I don't buy it. Quote
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