> The consensus is that Europe is becoming more of a meritocracy and in the US, economic status is increasingly determined at birth. Poor Americans have been h

> The consensus is that Europe is becoming more of a meritocracy and in the US, economic status is increasingly determined at birth. Poor Americans have been hammered over the last two decades - and have now put their faith in Trump. Let's hope he can fix the system. > This is a cynical take, but, roughly speaking, in Europe, there are workers rights, and in the US, employment is at-will. What's counter-intuitive to me is you would think in a system with more workers rights the workers would take more risks - but the opposite is true. I'm also surprised that in countries in Europe with huge youth unemployment we don't see outsized open source contributions.