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> Yet European nations that are not as rich as the U.S. seem to be having issues but doing ok on healthcare, infrastructure and public education. They seem to
by csdvrx 4y ago
> Yet European nations that are not as rich as the U.S. seem to be having issues but doing ok on healthcare, infrastructure and public education.
They seem to be having issues with at least pensions, healthcare and public education
- rendall 4y agoPeople keep speaking about "Europe" as if it's not 44 nations and many more languages and peoples.
- replygirl 4y agothe united states has a similar land area, similar number of states, over 500 sovereign constituent nations, two widely spoken languages, with largely unrestricted travel and trade within. europe does fund and coordinate social investments that involve multiple states. it's a useful comparison
- rendall 4y agoIt is definitely not reasonable to say that Europe is having trouble with public education or pensions or infrastructure.
- replygirl 4y agosure it is. many aspects of the continent are subject to federal governance, and before that was the case, much of the social and infrastructural development was interdependent due to support+direction from the us in the west and the soviet union in the east
- replygirl 4y agoinfrastructure too: they have the same problem with old bridges, with a few recent collapses and many closed to freight; they have an ongoing energy crisis; they have coastal cities in both the north and south where the flood risk is both more imminent and more potentially destructive