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Europe is very diverse and I'm comparing the US to the Scandinavian countries, as that's where I live. Maybe you think that's unfair, but that's also what the

• jwestbury 4y ago
  > Europe is very diverse and I'm comparing the US to the Scandinavian countries, as that's where I live. Sweden somehow had an even worse policy than the US for dealing with COVID. Scandinavia is home to some of the largest white nationalist movements in the world. Let's not pretend it's all roses here in Europe. Britain keeps electing Tories and effectively elected Boris Johnson. France damn near elected Marine le Pen. Nationalists control Hungary and Poland. About a quarter of Italy's parliament is far-right. Don't get me wrong, I emigrated from the US in large part because of the political landscape, but Europe is not immune, or even close. And, really, the US is also "very diverse" -- plenty of states are generally well-governed.