• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Fun fact #1: Europe is in general much less dependent on oil prices than the US.

    Fun fact #2: Most European countries have much less economic inequality than the US in general, which means that the poor are much less likely to hit desperate levels of poverty before the rich feel it enough to do something about it

    Fun fact #3: Most European countries additionally have social safety nets specifically designed to prevent the already struggling from becoming absolutely destitute like you’re describing

    Conclusion: While far from unaffected, most of Europe won’t see ANYTHING near what you’re suggesting and you would have known that if you bothered to learn about the differences between different economies and political systems rather than just assume that every country uses the same reverse Robin Hood system as the US.

    Tl;Dr:

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        The USA is self reliant on oil

        Don’t you guys import most of your crude from us up in Canada? The country you fucks keep pissing off?

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          We don’t import from Canada. We import from ALBERTA with whom we have a great relationship with and from my understanding the CIA is actively making sure secedes from Canada to become the 51st state ✌️✌️✌️

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              It’s called 20D Chess. Our AI already games out all possibilities and we have our future planned out while every other country is just trying to figure out what is happening. The might of the USA always astonished me, now with AI we are undefeatable!

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                I appreciate this trolling, I really do. It’s the perfect ratio of rage bait to self-depreciating humor. Just remember all Lemmings have autism and at some point enraging them/us toe the line between delicious fun and callous cruelty.

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        Time will tell friend

        Time has told. Similar situations have happened many times before, and the effects on European poverty has always been less severe than the US, for the reasons I described.

        The USA is self reliant on oil

        That’s not how it works at all. The oil extracted in the US doesn’t just go in a giant national pool for all Americans to use from.

        It’s sold by the private companies doing the extraction and several layers of middle men before the consumer sees only indirect (if any) benefits from the (private companies of) the country being net exporting.

        The US economy is more reliant on oil because those companies as well as car dependency are HUGE factors in how both the macro and the micro functions in the US.

        EU is always looking for handouts

        Categorically untrue.

        GOOD LUCK!

        You’re probably gonna need it more than me, but thanks anyway 🤷🏻