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Every time I hear or read something about the US I realize the country is in many ways far behind Europe. When it comes to healthcare (in terms of accessibility
by sdiq 9y ago
Every time I hear or read something about the US I realize the country is in many ways far behind Europe. When it comes to healthcare (in terms of accessibility), education (in terms of cost), infrastructure, etc, America seems to be doing much worse than these countries. Yet, ironically, America still leads these countries (and the rest of the world) in most other spheres.
- ensiferum 9y agoKeep in mind that in US all these services that us Europeans think are for the benefit for the society such as health care of education are actually just for the benefit of the private companies who rake in the money while the society foots the bill of these bad policies. But that's what you get when you have a goverment which is for the businesses instead of for the people.
- cylinder 9y agoBut didn't you hear, salaries for programmers and bankers are much higher than in Europe. And GDP per capita!! That's all that matters of course /s
- Scarblac 9y agoThey believe in individualism much more, small government, less solidarity. Which is great for the rich and really bad for the poor. The best of the best in any subject are likely to be on the rich side of the divide, and they flock to the US.