Serbia wasn’t on a good terms with Big Genocide lobby

Even so, there have been all sorts of contrarians trying to defend them. Usually for weird anti NATO reasons.

I can’t believe I’m actually writing this: parent is an underrated comment.

Wealth extracted from a company sounds like taxes.

How did we go from "wealth extracted from [Europeans and Europe]" to "wealth extracted from a company"?

Dividends extracted from a company also sound like (privatized) taxes.

That does not count the missing opportunity cost, which is the actual tax from the savings

No because in other similar countries like the example I gave of mine, that money is taxed and goes to another person. There is no opportunity cost.

In Singapore it's 'taxed' and earmarked to you, and then generates a very modest ROI. Yes there is an opportunity cost versus a place like Dubai that has 0% tax. But not compared to a similar welfare state that puts a 40% tax and you lose that money forever.

Schengen has no borders at all, but JB and Singapure do have one

Borders in some places look more like a gate to enter metro, if you earned (or born with) trust bit

There is a curious case of Thailand that decided to go ahead with the high speed train project, but refused the funding. Knowing the mood out there a bit, it seems they know what to expect.

The Dutch disease of sorts, where your main export is just money

Your deportation papers for being a communism agitator are on the way.

>Also, when applying for a loan, being a sex offender shouldn’t matter. When applying for a mortgage across the street from an elementary school, it should.

I'm not sure we can write that much more COBOL.

that part of Christianity somehow is lost on Americans somehow.