this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2026
880 points (98.9% liked)

Political Memes

12045 readers
2294 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

1) Be civilJokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

2) No misinformationDon’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

3) Posts should be memesRandom pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

4) No bots, spam or self-promotionFollow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

5) No AI generated content.Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] icanbrewmushrooms@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Lag@piefed.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The US citizens are definitely not oil wealthy.

[–] icanbrewmushrooms@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That's my point. America actually has roughly 10 times as much oil as Norway, but in Norway everyone benefits from the oil rather than just a handful of mega-rich oil barons.

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 day ago

Won’t someone think of the ~~billionaires~~ trillionaires!

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

USA also has about 60 times as many people as Norway. The USA certainly has an above-average amount of natural resources per capita, but it's not quite "swimming in oil"-level.

[–] Lag@piefed.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] icanbrewmushrooms@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh wow, I knew Venezuela was rich in oil, but damn!

[–] Womble@piefed.world 8 points 1 day ago

IIRC Venezuela's oil is both a bit shit, and hard to get at but they have huge amounts. That's why they're not as rich as UAE

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago

Honestly, it's incredible that it took the US so long to invade them.