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Norway To Start Hiding Its Standard Of Living To Make Other Countries Feel Better About Themselves (www.theonion.com)

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[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

He was probably thinking that he was hungry due to a shortage of potatoes and that his older brother would get the farm, so he'd better come up with a different plan. I hear the US was real socialist back then, giving away land left and right.

The modern day dumbasses who come here either got a high paying tech job, fell in love with an American, or possibly both.