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Europoor? My apartment in Amsterdam is way “poorer” than whatever this is, but hey I love my canal view: https://www.reddit.com/r/zillowgonewild/s/RlIauTsaqD ht

by eecc 1y ago

Europoor? My apartment in Amsterdam is way “poorer” than whatever this is, but hey I love my canal view: https://www.reddit.com/r/zillowgonewild/s/RlIauTsaqD https://www.reddit.com/r/zillowgonewild/s/RlIauTsaqD Also, last weekend my son had some weird intestinal flu we couldn’t figure out and ended up visiting the weekend GP. You think we had to pay anything (besides the slippery-slope-ish, pice-controlled, Dutch health insurance system)? So yeah, I might earn 1/3 an SF developer, and yeah — the startup scene can be frustratingly sterile — but I can afford to not need a Tesla Juniper, though I really love it when I lease it for travel. And yes, we do do innovative and cool stuff, we just don’t exit with billions.

_bin_ 1y ago
cali is the butt of half the jokes in America for a reason. i'm glad you like your view though. i'm glad you like your government insurance but my private health insurance is also very good and i don't have to pay much (if anything) for things like that. i'm also alive today thanks to good private insurance and the level of care it afforded, the range of specialists i could see, which most government-run systems would not have covered. if y'all are content, fine i guess. but it is true that the current european model is sustainable. the FT ran a good piece recently discussing how America reducing or ending the indirect european defense subsidy, combined with slowing growth and an ageing population, means that model must come to an end. i don't begrudge you the years you enjoyed it but certainly not for me. you were saying you think no GMOs, smaller vehicles, banned guns, and less money are worth this. i think that's a terrible way to live and would hate doing so. my objection was precisely to you applying your lens and values to America, American values, and our way of life.

by eecc 1y ago

_bin_ 1y ago

cali is the butt of half the jokes in America for a reason. i'm glad you like your view though. i'm glad you like your government insurance but my private health insurance is also very good and i don't have to pay much (if anything) for things like that. i'm also alive today thanks to good private insurance and the level of care it afforded, the range of specialists i could see, which most government-run systems would not have covered. if y'all are content, fine i guess. but it is true that the current european model is sustainable. the FT ran a good piece recently discussing how America reducing or ending the indirect european defense subsidy, combined with slowing growth and an ageing population, means that model must come to an end. i don't begrudge you the years you enjoyed it but certainly not for me. you were saying you think no GMOs, smaller vehicles, banned guns, and less money are worth this. i think that's a terrible way to live and would hate doing so. my objection was precisely to you applying your lens and values to America, American values, and our way of life.