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But within the EU they aren't "states" they are "countries". It would be just as logical to take the Americas together and see how inequality looks when you're
by corin_ 16y ago
But within the EU they aren't "states" they are "countries". It would be just as logical to take the Americas together and see how inequality looks when you're spanning from the top end of USA to the bottom end of Columbia.
- arethuza 16y agoStricly speaking that is true - but there is free movement within the EU - someone from one EU member state can live and work in any other member state (with some temporary restrictions for states that have just joined) - so they aren't like other countries. Also member states have already given up a lot of their sovereignty to the EU. We are continually told that the US is a terribly unequal society - I'm just curious how things would work out if you took something like the EU (higher GDP, much higher population) and compared it to the US. Note that I am a European, I'm generally pro-EU but I think Europeans generally unfairly criticize the US in this area when we actually live in an increasingly shared society that clearly has its own issues with inequality.