I'm just envisioning it like a John Wick style contract being issued when Fox News does the bit and every magat's phone starts going off with the notification... I don't want this timeline...
This sounds like some sort of Sov-cit logic... This just results in slightly less than double taxation...
Being able to deduct foreign paid taxes just removes that amount from your taxable income. The remainder of your income would still be taxable in the US. So unless you are literally giving all of your income to another nation as tax, you would still be paying US taxes in addition to these foreign taxes.
You don't have to actively engage with your neighbors, or just do so sparingly. You are in control of your life and (generally) what happens with it.
It does sound like a lot of people you associate with just hang out with you to make themselves feel better by being 'above' you in their eyes. I would try to cut these people out of your life and try to find other like-minded people who may understand you and your situation better.
The US has a terminal disease: hubris. This is what it's like to live in an empire in decline.
This is exactly what I thought of Russia after their failed invasion of Ukraine. Generally regarded as a super power prior, they put on display how atrophied their millitary had become by not being able to steam roll Ukraine.
Season two seemed to move away from/ignore most of the story that season one was building up. As I was enjoying the direction the story was heading I wished more in line with that from season 2.
That being said,I thought it was still entertaining, just in shorter segments.
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