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Part of the problem is people constantly comparing the US to these european countries. Even Americans are guilty of it. And often when I have brought up the fac
by croutonwagon 3y ago
Part of the problem is people constantly comparing the US to these european countries. Even Americans are guilty of it. And often when I have brought up the fact that the US is very diverse and is more akin to 50 countries with some free trade and defense agreements in place you often get defensively told “that’s what per capita fixes”. But it doesn’t and anyone giving it an honest consideration would probably see this being true. There are some states, heck some cities with larger GDPs and populations than many EU countries.
- Tainnor 3y ago> 50 countries with some free trade and defense agreements in place and one common language, common media, similar political topics, shared sense of culture, no iron curtain, ... I don't want to downplay the diversity of the USA but it's a miracle the EU exists at all given that language barriers are so huge here (and no, not "everyone" speaks English).
- croutonwagon 3y agoThere are certainly sections of the US where English isn’t the main language. There are a LOT of different cultures, from African American cultures, to southern, to French in Louisiana, to Cuban in Florida, to Mexican in the southwest, etc etc etc. There were places in Vietnam I could communicate easier than parts of the US.