Lol were you just looking to pick a fight? You literally asked why people found this country appealing then got mad when you saw an answer you didn’t like

… You think it’s embarrassing that I think that advertising works?? You’re hilariously naive to think that it doesn’t.

Like I said, sure, we have a higher standard of living than most countries, but there are plenty of options when it comes to moving somewhere with a higher-value currency. And any other option will probably come with some form of socialized medicine and better protections for workers. Oh and they won’t have an incoming administration promising to deport everyone en masse and keep them in camps in the meantime.

For anyone who wonders what the stunt was about, just look at this fuckin shit

I generally try to avoid doing the whole “American propaganda” shtick, but in this case… I mean come on. We make some of the most popular, ubiquitous media of any country in the world, and the vast majority of it shows us loving freedom and being cool as hell.

I won’t deny that our standard of living is among the highest in the Americas, but the fact that things are getting worse all the time doesn’t seem to matter to most people

You know, if this rednote thing really takes off, I don’t think I can believe the whole “fediverse is too complicated” thing anymore. People are moving to an app that isn’t even fully in English. That’s WAY more complicated than picking a random instance out of a list (or more likely, just going to the one big one). I’m getting to where I think the vast majority of people just click on what’s advertised no matter how stupid it is, and without ads (not people spreading things by word of mouth, I mean actual “ooh, shiny” ads) mainstream uptake of the fediverse will never happen. Good luck outspending the big corps on that.

Might be for the best anyway. The type of people who respond to ads probably aren’t particularly fun to engage with.

Yeah I can’t even log in on metapixl

I haven’t checked it out yet but “loops” is supposed to be that