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The world is not split into Stalinistan and Reaganland. There is a happy middleground that is currently in place in Western Europe, a place which coincidentall
by littletimmy 12y ago
The world is not split into Stalinistan and Reaganland.
There is a happy middleground that is currently in place in Western Europe, a place which coincidentally has the highest quality of life in the world.
- happyscrappy 12y agoYes and they are Capitalists. The US has a better quality of life when compared to all of Europe which is why a tiny Nordic country is usually used.
- ginko 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where-to-be-born_Index http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where-to-be-born_Index Didn't know that Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium and Germany are tiny Nordic countries and not part of Europe.
- noir_lord 12y ago> The US has a better quality of life when compared to all of Europe which is why a tiny Nordic country is usually used. Perhaps if you average all of Europe which is a couple of dozen countries however against specific large countries (say the UK, France, Germany) then I'd say it's not that clear cut. Indeed look at the US, the disparity between the poorest state and wealthiest state is as great as the disparity between European countries. The US is materially more wealthy (largely by want of having the worlds largest currency and the PPP boost that gets you) however the UK (for example) has shorter working hours, better social welfare system, free at the point of access socialised healthcare, 28 guaranteed vacation days a year, maternity and paternity leave and we are the nearest politically to the US. All things been equal I'd prefer to live in France or Germany than the US quite frankly.
- Dewie 12y agoThere are 50 sovereign countries in Europe.
- Varcht 12y agoIs it working? EU is dragging China and US down atm. How about Greece? Portugal?