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Then compare it to EU ... People ragging on US tend to forget that inequality between EU members is larger than US states and they are of comparable size. So mu

Then compare it to EU ... People ragging on US tend to forget that inequality between EU members is larger than US states and they are of comparable size. So much for the egalitarian utopia.

LeanderK 3y ago
but some of the EU members were literally communist countries not so long ago
- rafaelmn 3y ago
  >30 years and the disproportionality is pretty consistent.
  - ajuc 3y ago
    It's not. EE countries were under 30% of EU's PPP GDP per capita, and are over 60% now.
  - Bayart 3y ago
    It's really not, the gap has been shrinking.
- dghughes 3y ago
  Plus the wars they had to name a few: Balkan, WWI, Spanish Civil War, WWII. Add to that a few dozen other smaller wars. Quite a mess and quite impressive to overcome in such a short time and not hate each other.
- lesuorac 3y ago
  Sure and according to the news California still is.