@UTFOZZIE@ShitpostRock2 Not similar at all, you are all citizens of the same country. You can't see the difference, presumably because of the low quality of US education.
@UTFOZZIE@ShitpostRock2 Voting for anything requires citizenship in the US, except for in a minority of municipalities. Clearly you are more restrictive.
@kurriochi@Knightly_Hist The term bulletproof comes from cuirasses being literally shot with muskets to prove they were of good quality. Plate armour could stop blackpowder muskets, to a certain extent.
@UTFOZZIE@ShitpostRock2 There are no rigorous requirements. You don't have to speak norwegian, you don't have to pass any tests, you just have to live here for three years. That's it.
@UTFOZZIE@ShitpostRock2 HOAs decide what type of tree you can have in your yard. Norwegian municipalities pay your teachers and doctors and bus drivers and build the schools and build roads. Nothing alike.
@UTFOZZIE@ShitpostRock2 Are you stupid? Do you think a local election is equivalent to a HOA? Municipalities in norway organize the schools, the kidnergartens, the public transport, the primary health care system and many other things.
@UTFOZZIE@ShitpostRock2 EU citizens voting in norwegian local elections has nothing to with whether the EU is in any way comparable to the US federal govt. The US federal govt has an army, employs 2 million people, makes up 23% of GDP and gathers a variety of taxes directly from its subjects.
@UTFOZZIE@ShitpostRock2 Non-citizens in the US cannot vote in state elections, the equivalent to norwegian local elections. They can only vote in a tiny minority of municipalities in the US.
@UTFOZZIE@ShitpostRock2 If you geniunely believe that an entity which spends its time regulating what charging port you can have on your phone and whose budget makes up 1% of EU GDP is in any way comparable to the US federal govt you are economically illiterate. But you are american, so maybe you are
@UTFOZZIE@ShitpostRock2 The EU is absolutely nothing like the US federal government. Compare their budgets and you'll see how miniscule the EU control of the european economy is compared to the US federal government.
@jona_12921@ShitpostRock2 I have to go somewhere to find drug infused migrants, you can jist stay right where you are, because you already live in a fent-ridden shithole country
@vicbirn@ShitpostRock2 Norway has a defense allience with the all nordic countries, and also close cooperation with the UK considering we share the north sea. Norway also has close ties to the rest of Europe, e.g. France and Germany. France has offered to station french nukes in Norway. We'll be fine.