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It's odd that it's mostly Europeans talking about how the US is currently collapsing or something. Not very odd, but odd nonetheless. The general consensus amo
by casey2 2y ago
It's odd that it's mostly Europeans talking about how the US is currently collapsing or something. Not very odd, but odd nonetheless.
The general consensus among Americans with a clue is that the Government should serve the people, not the other way around. If a government is "critical" for the people survive then the government has become a Leviathan. Ideally a government should just be another corporation, one buys and sells political services and goods. A failure of a single company shouldn't cause an economic downturn, but that is the situation we find ourselves in.
It's not very odd because implicitly Europeans have realized that the government they care most about, in terms of their economic well being, is the American one. (and of course they bragged about not working so much that we had to cut them off lol)
- junto 2y agoThat’s because Europeans focus on society whilst the US focuses on the individual. That mostly comes from historical experience and “societal maturity”. When society decides that only those people that both actively contribute to society and follow a strict set of guidelines as to how people should be, act and express themselves, then those outside that subset are superfluous to society. Taken to extreme, that subset of superfluous people are just deleted. In Europe, that deletion was abhorrent and it has left an indelible mark that echoes through its gene pool. The US will too have its experience, and eventually learn from it. There’s nothing like watching your disabled or sick child be forcibly removed from your love and care and knowing that they will subsequently be gassed and burnt, simply because your political masters believed they were a burden to their glorious nation.
- regularjack 2y agoPlease do share your method for identifying who is European here or not.