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America’s favorite pastime is fetishizing European countries as if they are heaven on earth
by sentientslug 4y ago
America’s favorite pastime is fetishizing European countries as if they are heaven on earth
- ROTMetro 4y agoUm, no. My family are all immigrants from Europe. Most Americans are raised to despise Europe, and the situation's that resulted in our families having to flee to another continent with nothing (this manifests as being anti-big government, because we have family memory of big government banning our existence/trying to wipe us out). I don't think Europeans understand the average american's psyche or the damage it does when your country tries to eliminate your existence (Irish Catholic, Russian Jewish, small sect German, non-Catholic French descent here).
- Nasrudith 4y agoAmerica is an especially non-homogenous country. And I wouldn't exactly call it damage when they were 100% right about big government trying to destroy them while citing the benefit of the masses more or less. A non-nuanced view about why it is a problem but that is always the case.