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"Being rich ruined me for being poor and its lousy perks."

by hueving 10y ago

chrisper 10y ago
This quote makes no sense. Yes, they made a lot more money in Switzerland maybe which allowed them to travel, but the same perks can be applied to working in any Western European country (e.g. Germany). You don't need to be rich to have good perks. In Germany you can work in a factory and live a comfortablish life.
FabHK 10y ago
Let me fix that for you: "Some societies have policies and tradeoffs that offer significant benefits to the average citizen, and that ruined me for living in other societies (even of similar wealth) that are not that progressive."
- hueving 10y ago
  Switzerland will not allow you to join its society unless you bring a lot to the table to start (highly skilled worker). They only allow the most qualified candidates so they get to reap the benefits of that. It's the same thing as saying, "Working at Google has ruined me for working at other companies."
st3v3r 10y ago
You say that as if the US is a poor country. It's not. There's no reason whatsoever that we couldn't have what Switzerland has, other than some assholes at the top see it as an impediment to their having all of the money.
- geodel 10y ago
  I wonder where all these assholes came from. I think few hundred years back there were none in US.
- hueving 10y ago
  >There's no reason whatsoever that we couldn't have what Switzerland has, other than some assholes at the top see it as an impediment to their having all of the money. There are lots of reasons the countries are nothing alike. For one, Swiss immigration is very picky so they just choose highly skilled immigrants to avoid having to deal with unskilled poor people. Second, the population density is about 5 times that of the US so it's very easy to focus on public transportation because so many more people get value out of each dollar spent. Third, Switzerland gets the benefit of paying very little for the military by taking a very nationalistic stance and avoiding involvement in conflicts regardless of the atrocities . Criticizing the US for its imperialism is definitely fair game, but you can't pretend it doesn't cost money when it comes time to compare what a country can offer its citizens.

"Being rich ruined me for being poor and its lousy perks."

by hueving 10y ago

"Being rich ruined me for being poor and its lousy perks."

This quote makes no sense. Yes, they made a lot more money in Switzerland maybe which allowed them to travel, but the same perks can be applied to working in any Western European country (e.g. Germany). You don't need to be rich to have good perks. In Germany you can work in a factory and live a comfortablish life.

FabHK 10y ago

Let me fix that for you: "Some societies have policies and tradeoffs that offer significant benefits to the average citizen, and that ruined me for living in other societies (even of similar wealth) that are not that progressive."

hueving 10y ago
Switzerland will not allow you to join its society unless you bring a lot to the table to start (highly skilled worker). They only allow the most qualified candidates so they get to reap the benefits of that. It's the same thing as saying, "Working at Google has ruined me for working at other companies."

st3v3r 10y ago

You say that as if the US is a poor country. It's not. There's no reason whatsoever that we couldn't have what Switzerland has, other than some assholes at the top see it as an impediment to their having all of the money.

geodel 10y ago
I wonder where all these assholes came from. I think few hundred years back there were none in US.
hueving 10y ago
>There's no reason whatsoever that we couldn't have what Switzerland has, other than some assholes at the top see it as an impediment to their having all of the money. There are lots of reasons the countries are nothing alike. For one, Swiss immigration is very picky so they just choose highly skilled immigrants to avoid having to deal with unskilled poor people. Second, the population density is about 5 times that of the US so it's very easy to focus on public transportation because so many more people get value out of each dollar spent. Third, Switzerland gets the benefit of paying very little for the military by taking a very nationalistic stance and avoiding involvement in conflicts regardless of the atrocities . Criticizing the US for its imperialism is definitely fair game, but you can't pretend it doesn't cost money when it comes time to compare what a country can offer its citizens.