Europe loves to shit on US. Find another country or continent that Europe contrasts themselves from more than US. Popular contrasts:
Gun safety
Medical expenses
Educational expenses
Workers rights
Length of history
Mass transit
Police brutality
I can’t go a day on Lemmy without seeing at least one of the above. Yet, you don’t see daily comments on how Europe is better than Brazil, India, Japan, Australia, Canada, Egypt, South Africa, Mexico, etc. Can you imagine if they did that?
News: Man Freezes to Death in Rural Canada
EU resident: That never happens here because we have have mandatory heater laws or some shit.
News: 5 People Gunned Down and Robbed in Sao Paulo Favela
EU resident: No idea what that’s like to live in that fear since we don’t have large pockets of extreme poverty and guns are highly controlled here.
News: Mumbai Police Assault Orphaned Girl
EU resident: I’ve never heard of such a thing. Our police are here to protect us and orphanages are considered sacred.
News: Almost 90% of Egyptians Have Electric Power
EU resident: What a shame that Egypt isn’t a developed country.
News: Shoot Out between Rival Cartels Kills 13 Adults, 3 Children
EU Resident: That’s why we don’t share a border with the US or genocided the indigenous inhabitants here.
If 9/11 happened tomorrow, you’d see comments like, “What a tragedy. I’m happy I feel safe in Europe because we aren’t building bases in the Middle East. The worst thing I have to worry about is if people in Dubai think I’m American when I’m on vacation there.”
We get it. You guys are superior. The US has considerable social problems despite its GDP. You’d think you would be a little more grateful about the US helping yall build those fantastic social programs after you guys fucked yourselves up in WWII. Or US subsidizing your military defense, from aircraft carriers, troops, foreign bases, military equipment production, space, to being a nuclear sponge. Y’all be shitting your pants in the Summer and the freezing your asses of in the Winter with Putin if it wasn’t for us.
☝️ This is the result of decades of propaganda telling people they live in the “Gradest Cuntry in the Wuuuurld”
When the internet was starting to take off, Yanks used to love shitting on Europeans, calling us europoors and laughing at our “lack of freedumb”, but it only took a few years for them to realise they’d been lied to their whole life about how little happiness and protection they have compared to Europe, and just how often they get fucked in the arse by megacorps.
Hence, angry little cunts like OP here, frothing at the mouth about nonexistent comments, bringing up a war that ended 80 years ago, and voting for a deranged orange baboon
I’m sorry to say, but the reason the US sucks isn’t because they “sacrifice” so much to help others. This is a super common argument to make, but it’s not true.
The US government spends more on healthcare per capita than most countries, in medicare, medicaid and veterans care. The reason everyone else doesn’t benefit, is because all that money disappears straight into the pockets of the super rich. You could have the same social programs without spending a single cent more, and probably spending less.
Being thankful for the US “subsidizing” military defense and foreign bases? Sure, you definitely build bases in other sovereign countries out of the goodness of your hearts and not for your own tactical and espionage interests. No European would shed a tear if every US troop fucked off tomorrow
Maybe we can pool together and get the fellow Lemmy user a prescription for some lithium?
Or someone with free healthcare sends him/her a few packages?
/start rant
Europe loves to shit on US. Find another country or continent that Europe contrasts themselves from more than US. Popular contrasts:
I can’t go a day on Lemmy without seeing at least one of the above. Yet, you don’t see daily comments on how Europe is better than Brazil, India, Japan, Australia, Canada, Egypt, South Africa, Mexico, etc. Can you imagine if they did that?
News: Man Freezes to Death in Rural Canada
News: 5 People Gunned Down and Robbed in Sao Paulo Favela
News: Mumbai Police Assault Orphaned Girl
News: Almost 90% of Egyptians Have Electric Power
News: Shoot Out between Rival Cartels Kills 13 Adults, 3 Children
If 9/11 happened tomorrow, you’d see comments like, “What a tragedy. I’m happy I feel safe in Europe because we aren’t building bases in the Middle East. The worst thing I have to worry about is if people in Dubai think I’m American when I’m on vacation there.”
We get it. You guys are superior. The US has considerable social problems despite its GDP. You’d think you would be a little more grateful about the US helping yall build those fantastic social programs after you guys fucked yourselves up in WWII. Or US subsidizing your military defense, from aircraft carriers, troops, foreign bases, military equipment production, space, to being a nuclear sponge. Y’all be shitting your pants in the Summer and the freezing your asses of in the Winter with Putin if it wasn’t for us.
/end rant
☝️ This is the result of decades of propaganda telling people they live in the “Gradest Cuntry in the Wuuuurld”
When the internet was starting to take off, Yanks used to love shitting on Europeans, calling us europoors and laughing at our “lack of freedumb”, but it only took a few years for them to realise they’d been lied to their whole life about how little happiness and protection they have compared to Europe, and just how often they get fucked in the arse by megacorps.
Hence, angry little cunts like OP here, frothing at the mouth about nonexistent comments, bringing up a war that ended 80 years ago, and voting for a deranged orange baboon
I’m sorry to say, but the reason the US sucks isn’t because they “sacrifice” so much to help others. This is a super common argument to make, but it’s not true.
The US government spends more on healthcare per capita than most countries, in medicare, medicaid and veterans care. The reason everyone else doesn’t benefit, is because all that money disappears straight into the pockets of the super rich. You could have the same social programs without spending a single cent more, and probably spending less.
Being thankful for the US “subsidizing” military defense and foreign bases? Sure, you definitely build bases in other sovereign countries out of the goodness of your hearts and not for your own tactical and espionage interests. No European would shed a tear if every US troop fucked off tomorrow
Are you okay? Go touch grass
Maybe we can pool together and get the fellow Lemmy user a prescription for some lithium? Or someone with free healthcare sends him/her a few packages?