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This article is still relevant: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/19/europe-paradise-on-earth https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/se
by dmitriid 6y ago
This article is still relevant: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/19/europe-paradise-on-earth https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/19/europe...
Also, poor people rarely know the reality of other countries. I have friends in the States who firmly believe that Europe is a hellhole even though they are literally a medical emergency away from a bankruptcy.
- syshum 6y agoMaybe that is because they value something more than Free Healthcare. Maybe they are not willing to trade this liberty for the safety of government services.....
- dmitriid 6y agoAh yes. The liberty to die. The liberty to go with untreated chronic diseases. The liberty of not being able to change shitty jobs.
- robotresearcher 6y agoWhat is an example liberty that pertains in the US and not in Europe?
- syshum 6y agoHmm Actual Freedom of Speech (we are not putting people in jail for jokes on YouTube as an example), The right to Self Defense (aka 2nd Amendment), the relationship between government and the people (i.e we believe rights transcend government and are not granted by same), I could go on and on