Yes keeping graphics cards cheap is definitely worth increasing groccery prices, privatized healthcare, unaffordable housing, state sanctioned violence against minorities, and 1000+ other issues. But hey at least the new Call of Duty is running great!

Dude would descend into Nazi fascism to save $130 on a graphics card lol

You're presenting a graphics card as your entire argument? That's the left wing socialist screw up? Goddamn I thought you needed to go touch grass before but now I think you need to just walk to the beach and stare at the waves or something too.

You can do a lot less with $100K in the USA than in other countries. Americans get paid more because they immediately have to pay that back out on expenses that are covered by taxes in civilised countries. So the pay sounds much better but it really isn't. You're falling into the trap of thinking "if we just did it like the Americans and didn't pay for any common goods, we'd have more money in our pockets." You would, for about 5 minutes until the bills came. Then you'd have less, and also live in a dysfunctional society where everyone is miserable and angry and defensive. Left wing politics is what protects a society from this fate. It's not worth throwing it all away for a slightly cheaper graphics card.

I think you're looking at averages and not median. The US has a lot more billionaires and now trillionaires. Median household income in Australia is $1800/week and in the US it's $1500/week and plummeting plus our unemployment is now through the roof to a degree that's not even being measured accurately. And we go broke from healthcare.

I know you pay more for some elements of gaming, and you're being shafted on that. But maybe check the news out a little and ask if Call of Duty is really worth all this.

So you're just a racist. That explains everything.

You couldn't leave, you'd be less than a territory, at best. You'll get no representation, no voting rights and certainly no citizenship. We'd pillage your resources and you'll live in a fucking shack to support my lifestyle. We won't help you when a natural disaster strikes, we'll ensure you can't get the help or supplies you need in a famine. You and your future generations would die in the streets begging for sovereignty.

Stop advocating for this stupid position or it might just happen. Fair warning.

There is a difference between the America of 30 years ago and now that you may not realize. You reference housing and yeah 30 years ago you could afford housing (possibly) but now private equity has purchased housing so new home ownership is getting impossible. You mentioned American laptops (made in China) and operating systems (Linux is from Finland), but the breakthroughs that allowed for current American tech dominance were based on policies that have been dismantled and now currently exist due to monopolies. We are on a downward trend over here where we are living off the accomplishments of old. Think about it like IBM. They were a tech powerhouse until they moved to being a services company and then became a shadow of their former self. They still exist and are a big company but nothing compared to what they were. That’s America now. Australia has the potential to take the reins if they DO NOT follow the current US example as do many other countries.

Because you're a fuckwit and it's 3am on the east coast of Australia

I submit that you have no fucking clue what America is supposed to be, and that you’re just getting your jollies off of parroting jingoistic conservative dogma.

If I had a dollar for every time on Lemmy that I encountered a mysognistic CS student that thinks they know more than they do, I would now have a dollar. And that's quite a fucking shame, considering I've been here for years.

The industry you're trying to break into was founded by women, LGBT folks, and people who envisioned technology as a path towards the betterment of humanity. Do better. You're acting like a disgrace to its legacy.