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 do you see how easy that was?  Simple arithmetic.  Now compare that to the logic required to attempt to verify Monero:

transaction.verify_pedersen_commitments():
transaction.verify_bulletproofs():
transaction.verify_ring_signatures():

have a look in the Monero python cryptography libraries for those functions.  So much for simple arithmetic.  They are vastly complex, certainly beyond my ability to understand.  Maybe you're a better software engineer and cryptographer than me.

So your argument that "Monero can be audited too" is just simply invalid.  It's not the same, apples and oranges.
 
 But what if you're the vast majority of Bitcoiners that never do that "simple arithmetic"

You just keep bragging to us that you can (but don't ever do it) 
 I just fucking did it for you, lol.  Run that script and see for yourself. 
 I know and I see that. But it still doesn't avoid that the vast majority of Bitcoiners don't do this. They don't even run a node.

For those that do (and do so often) I already agreed they have a reasonable argument against Monero if they want the best possible verifiability/auditability