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Not sure this is a good explanation as, for instance, the concept of a dry county/municipality is alien to most europeans. Similar with healthcare where it's b
by reallydontask 5y ago
Not sure this is a good explanation as, for instance, the concept of a dry county/municipality is alien to most europeans.
Similar with healthcare where it's by and large provided by the state.
Obviously speaking from my experience which is limited to the bigger countries in europe
- nszceta 5y agoMany original settlers including the pilgrims were religious extremists that the Europeans were all too happy to get rid of. https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel01.html https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel01.html
- EricE 5y agoI've lived in dozens of locations across the country and never lived in a dry county, and only occasionally encountered it in my travels. The amount of the population they affect is minuscule, despite the impressive looking charts - many of those counties are pretty low population. And as others pointed out pretty easy to work around. Even crazier than dry counties was South Carolina's mini-bottle laws. If you want something truly mind blowing do a quick search on that madness. As for our healthcare - I'll keep our system, warts and all. Not saying it can't be improved but at least I know when I need care I will be able to get it in my (literal!) lifetime. And if I'm sufficiently motivated I can get the best care available. I'll take that over any least common denominator one-size-fits-all model any day. Maybe your politicians are just better at running government programs - ours aren't. They are stupid bad at it. All I have to do is look at how well the free government provided health care is for our military veterans and know I don't want our government anywhere near my healthcare, thank you very much.