u/OMGguy2008

Non-American conservatives what are your thoughts on universal healthcare and how do you evaluate the American healthcare system?

I think it should be pretty interesting to see what non-Americans think about universal healthcare given how a lot of American conservatives here seem to be completely against it and that all it takes to fix the American system is just more deregulation.

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u/OMGguy2008 — 16 hours ago

European federalism - yea or nay?

European federalism is basically the idea that the European Union should unite into one country made up of states with one federal government and many other local state governments handling more local issues.

TLDR: United States of Europe.

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u/OMGguy2008 — 9 days ago

Do you think that the UK might benefit from Switzerland style relations with the EU?

After Brexit the UK is no longer a member of the European Union and it seems that the general consensus between experts is that it hurt the UK economy and now a majority of voters think that Brexit was a mistake according to polls.

Switzerland is officially not a member of the European Union, however Switzerland remains deeply integrated with it:

  1. Switzerland is part of the Schengen Area which allows free movement of people and goods.
  2. Switzerland is part of the EU Single Market.
  3. Switzerland is part of the Dublin Agreement which allows Switzerland to deport illegal immigrants back to their first EU port of entry. (The UK is no longer part of this agreement post Brexit so the UK has lost this disincentive for illegal immigrants to not hop on a boat across the channel because they won't get deported)
  4. Switzerland pays a contribution to help lower regional disparities in the EU.
  5. Switzerland rather than directly adopting EU laws instead negotiates bilateral agreements with the EU thus exempting Switzerland from quite a chunk of EU regulations.

Do you think that such kind of relations with the EU would end up beneficial for Britain and be a good compromise between brexiteers and remainers (though "returners" might be a more up to date name)?

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u/OMGguy2008 — 13 days ago

Context: it was a discussion about how crappy American rail and public transit is.

Also trains were invented by a brit.

u/OMGguy2008 — 19 days ago

I believe those two events show what can happen if government has too much power.

In Ruby Ridge, the ATF basically started a standoff by shooting the Weaver's dog and it all ended with a sniper killing Vicky Weaver, a mother. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge_standoff)

In Waco, the US government basically massacred so many people including innocent women and children in the compound of the cult of the Branch Davidians. What's worse is that the leader of that cult even offered to allow the ATF to inspect their weapons but the ATF declined so the whole tragedy was completely avoidable. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege)

u/OMGguy2008 — 20 days ago

It seems that a lot of liberals are defending illegal immigrants because you know "they just want a better life", "no one is illegal on stolen land" and yada yada. So let's clear this up, what are your actual thoughts on illegal immigration?

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u/OMGguy2008 — 24 days ago