• GiddyGap@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    much of this country is very well off compared to our European counterparts.

    I may be wrong, but you don’t sounds like you’ve spent much time in Europe.

    • ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I spent many months in Europe. From Spain to Kosovo and pretty much every where in-between

      As if any of that matters at all in the least bit because your complaint is just a massive strawman but I’ve been all over including the pesky countries you all like to forget even comparing quality of life in the States.

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        1 year ago

        Not a straw man. Personal experience. I’ve spent most of my life in Europe, in several different countries. And spent more than a decade in the US.

        I can comfortably say that most Europeans, especially those in the middle and on the lower end of the income scale live vastly more comfortable lives than most Americans with similar incomes without having to worry about medical bankruptcy and crushing student debt. Not to mention having the time off to travel and parental leave to form families without all the financial stress Americans experience.