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Is it satire? It reads like a narcissism-rationalizing shitpost in the spirit of "throwing trash on the ground creates jobs". There is quite a difference in culture between US military families and Europeans on one-side and "It's all about me" on the other.

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It would probably be helpful had you previously read Atlas Shrugged. I am by no means recommending the book (in fact, I'd advise avoiding such poor writing and childish naivety), but having been one of the unfortunate folks who wasted hours on that book, I knew what the author was going for from the first paragraph. And I found it quite humorous.

This is satire. McSweeney's is a humor literary journal.

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