The richest 1% in the Netherlands pay relatively less tax than everyone else and their incomes have risen more sharply, according to new calculations by the government’s macro-economic forecasting agency CPB. Earlier research, based on figures from 2016, showed that people on the highest incomes pay less tax and the new figures, based on the period 2011 to 2019, paint a similar picture. The very richest, or 0.01% of the population, paid a tax rate of some 28%, well below the 40% paid by people with average incomes...
“Dicks fuck pussies, and Dicks also fuck assholes”. Greatest speech ever
Yeah, that’s what I was referring to. The movie came out in 2004, you know, the year after we invaded Iraq, as was the context of the movie. If you pay attention to that speech, it’s basically just saying that US hegemony is good and US exceptionalism is real, and that our actions are a net positive for the international community. That the international community needs us. That we need to “fuck this asshole”. In combination with the movie making fun of celebrities that had non-interventionist views, and calling them a homosexual slur that will probably get flagged on lemmy, saying that they suck up to dictators. It being satire doesn’t suddenly make the movie mean the opposite of what it meant, that’s just classic irony-poisoning.
This has got to be the worst possible take on this movie I have ever heard.
Its literally making fun of the American military and the “we’re the best” mentality. The first 20 min (Paris scene) set up that the american military leaves a wake of destruction in their path and everyone hates them for it.
The Film Actors Guild are nothing more than “useful idiots”
Yeah, that’s what I was referring to. The movie came out in 2004, you know, the year after we invaded Iraq, as was the context of the movie. If you pay attention to that speech, it’s basically just saying that US hegemony is good and US exceptionalism is real, and that our actions are a net positive for the international community. That the international community needs us. That we need to “fuck this asshole”. In combination with the movie making fun of celebrities that had non-interventionist views, and calling them a homosexual slur that will probably get flagged on lemmy, saying that they suck up to dictators. It being satire doesn’t suddenly make the movie mean the opposite of what it meant, that’s just classic irony-poisoning.
This has got to be the worst possible take on this movie I have ever heard.
Its literally making fun of the American military and the “we’re the best” mentality. The first 20 min (Paris scene) set up that the american military leaves a wake of destruction in their path and everyone hates them for it.
The Film Actors Guild are nothing more than “useful idiots”
Nothing about this movie screams pro military.
And for the love of god, learn what satire is