The difference between European countries and America is becoming so stark. Anyone reading or watching global news has to see how backwards this country is and that it’s only getting worse.
The difference between European countries and America is becoming so stark. Anyone reading or watching global news has to see how backwards this country is and that it’s only getting worse.
I’m probably gonna get flak for this, but for the love of god can this site not become the same “US bad Europe good!” Circlejerk as Reddit and other sites.
I lived in France for quite some time. Things are getting equally as bad in France and a good majority of the EU in terms of COL, income stagnation, rampant anti immigrant sentiment that will (definitely) lead to extreme right wing shifts in the near term. Italy elected an almost out and about fascist extremely recently - and France is not too far behind.
Carrefour is one of the biggest super market chains in France and Europe generally, having stickers on the side of the aisle that will be removed in a few weeks once you stop gargling the company’s junk isn’t impressive.
This weird tendency to just rip the US as a whole - a continent sized country with almost the same population as the EU - is beyond ignorant and frankly kind of pathetic.
Sorry, I cannot hear you over the sound of my state funded healthcare system and minimum wage over the poverty line.
Sorry can’t understand you over the sound of the US carrying Europe’s defense budget.
Sorry, can’t understand you over the sound of the US taxing the entire planet for the last 52 years by removing the gold window on the reserve currency.
Ok… look, having a currency tied to a metal does bad things, If it really is a problem I am sure a nation would have brought it back. The gold standard would have given the US more power because at some point if it had stayed the us would have required all gold reserves… that doesn’t sound that good does it?
My point is, that it was very good for the US.
Because, in case you didn’t realise, we don’t think that waging wars, hoarding nukes and “exporting freedom and democracy” is a good international policy nor a wise use of tax payers’ money.
But what do I know, right? I just have low crime rates, an affordable university system and don’t have to sell my kidney for a ride in an ambulance. All the while having 1 month paid vacation and a minimum salary that allows me to not live in the streets.
Sorry, I’m out of line.
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It’s absolutely wild that an ethnicity homogeneous country has a much more stable time than one like the us with vary sizable minorities (I am not blaming minorities however nations like Japan, France, Germany, ect all have very significant percentage of a single group and are more stable, in my experience of reading through history you should try to homogenize your country, gets a bit war crimey)
I know this is going to sound weird but you can get government healthcare if you are unable to get it in another way, it’s called Medicaid.
Insane that dispite college being expensive the US has one of the highest rates of college graduation.
As for crime. Scientific studies have linked more crime to higher temperatures. And guess what the US is often significantly warmer than Europe.
Crazy what happens when you stop parroting talking points and look into it. Oh don’t worry when I am old enough I will be running on a campaign for solutions to these, but America is not Europe, those solution you had need change to work here
That’s adorable, because I wasn’t insulting France or Europe. In fact, I was stating reality.
But sure, bear in mind your purchasing power is rapidly decreasing, Eurozone inflation rate is untenable and Ursula is seeking to expand an already fractured political bloc despite existing difficulties with the Visigrad three - sorry I’ll stop here.
It’s almost like the world is experiencing significant problems, and my comment was pointing out that Europe is hardly better off than the US on many metrics when you really start to dig into it. But sure, I’ll tell my friends who can’t pay their rents across Western Europe despite having advanced degrees they’re “doing amazingly.” Ah, and I’ll be sure to inform them that their piss poor experiences with their national healthcare systems have them clamoring for alternatives - much to conservative glee in their respective countries.
Keep your nose up Camel boy, you’re gonna need it above the stink you swim in.
Things don’t have to be good in Europe to be worse in America.
I was actually just trolling and with low effort. But I appreciate the wall of text. It means I’ve done it well.
Thanks for the compliments, have a pleasant evening.
Yeah I’m trying to filter them out as much of it as I can. The Europeans are so toxic here. We live rent free in their head. It’s a pretty futile effort to break their circlejerk, just like I know they’ll downvote and probably give a toxic reply to this comment as well. They think what they read online is reality in America.