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re: Why Don’t Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are?
Posted on 12/24/17 at 3:34 am to dawgsjw
Posted on 12/24/17 at 3:34 am to dawgsjw
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And no one isn't saying the US isn't top notch, but lets not act like the US is #1 at everything. Again typical U-S-A rhetoric.
The poster you responded too didn’t say the USA was no.1 at everything, he said the was top notch which just means excellent but not necessarily the absolute best. Considering European takes into account all of Europe, not just the western and the Scandinavian ones, it’s not far fetched to say the average American has a higher quality of life than the average European (once again this means all of Europe not just the top countries).
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Posted on 12/24/17 at 6:30 am to pussywillows
I mean, I don’t know about the guy’s qualifications, but Sicily is a real shite hole. Anyone who’s spent a decent amount of time there would agree. Ditto most of Greece. They make the Mississippi Delta look positively developed and successful.
Europe is a huge and diverse place - not sure why anyone would compare it to the US. The US has a higher standard of living in most parts, though, especially currency-adjusted.
Europe is a huge and diverse place - not sure why anyone would compare it to the US. The US has a higher standard of living in most parts, though, especially currency-adjusted.
Posted on 12/24/17 at 6:32 am to Big_Sur
We're #1.
Posted on 12/24/17 at 6:46 am to Big_Sur
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"Everything I consume in the States is of a vastly, abysmally lower quality. Every single thing. The food, the media, little things like fashion, art, public spaces, the emotional context, the work environment, and life in general..."
Agree to disagree on food. I'll take cajun food over European food any day.
Media...who gives a shite? It's all trash
Fashion, art...yeah, I really don't care. I wear jeans. Fashion means nothing to me. And art is just a dumbass comparison. No one is going to argue that European art isn't the greatest in history.
Public spaces...lmao! Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, all of our National Wildlife Refuges, and National Forests say hello. Your little dinky public spaces can't hold a candle to ours.
Emotional Context...what??
Work Environment...sure, I guess. I really don't know what the European work environment is, but you mean to tell me it's the same in every European country?
Posted on 12/24/17 at 6:49 am to Cowboyfan89
Ever been to the Mediterranean?
Posted on 12/24/17 at 8:05 am to PaperPaintball92
Wow this thread went longer than I expected!
That author is some kind of retarded.
That author is some kind of retarded.
Posted on 12/24/17 at 8:59 am to Big_Sur
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"Everything I consume in the States is of a vastly, abysmally lower quality. Every single thing. The food, the media, little things like fashion, art, public spaces, the emotional context, the work environment, and life in general..."
Sadly,VERY true. Every single word.
This post was edited on 12/24/17 at 9:02 am
Posted on 12/24/17 at 9:26 am to RogerTheShrubber
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The average American has a much better standard of living than the average European.
They live longer and work less.
Kinda the point the article was trying to make.
Posted on 12/24/17 at 9:30 am to Big_Sur
There are parts on Europe better than America and there are parts of America that's better than Europe. London is objectively better than Lake Charles. Chicago is objectively better than Warsaw.
Posted on 12/24/17 at 1:27 pm to dawgsjw
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but lets not act like the US is #1 at everything.
We're not #1 at most things. In fact, we're quite dismal in a world ranking of factors.
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The average American has a much better standard of living than the average European.
This is complete bullshite.
This post was edited on 12/24/17 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 12/24/17 at 1:32 pm to RogerTheShrubber
quote:I've lived and worked in Austria, Germany, and the UK, and this is not true. What would make you say this?
The average American has a much better standard of living than the average European.
Posted on 12/24/17 at 1:33 pm to RedlandsTiger
quote:Yet they are much more productive in a shorter work week.
You got this right, Americans work much harder than Europeans.
Posted on 12/24/17 at 1:33 pm to Big_Sur
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Probably because they have now grown up with the gift their grandfathers and grandmothers gave them — constitutions in which healthcare, education, dignity, and so on, are essential rights
and speech isn't
Posted on 12/24/17 at 1:34 pm to Big_Sur
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Europe is so much better than the US
I've lived in both the USA and in Europe.
I disagree vehemently with your conclusion.
Posted on 12/24/17 at 1:34 pm to BatonrougeCajun
quote:There's a huge disparity between the quality of life between EU nations. It's like comparing California to the quality of life in Alabama.
Makes total sense. That’s why European immigration numbers to the US far outweigh Americans moving to Europe.
Posted on 12/24/17 at 1:35 pm to VooDude
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I've lived and worked in Austria, Germany, and the UK, and this is not true. What would make you say this?
the fact that we own more significant assets, bigger homes, and have a higher per capita GDP?
Posted on 12/24/17 at 1:36 pm to VooDude
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Yet they are much more productive in a shorter work week.
wut
Posted on 12/24/17 at 1:37 pm to LongueCarabine
quote:Not quite, historian. We can argue all day.
We saved their asses in WWI and WWII, and bore most of the cost of their defense throughout the Cold War, and still do to some extent today.
And every time we suggest they should shoulder more of their own defense burden they call us warmongers.
ETA: Hell, they won't even defend themselves against these Muslim invaders, much less Russia, etc.
If they had had to pay the real costs of their defense all these years, they would not have been able to afford their so-called superior social programs, which really aren't superior anyway.
Posted on 12/24/17 at 1:37 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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London is objectively better than Lake Charles.
i'll put Sulphur's meth and Big Lake's reds up against either/both from London
Posted on 12/24/17 at 1:40 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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There are parts on Europe better than America and there are parts of America that's better than Europe.
This makes entirely too much sense, and you should be ashamed for posting it, sir
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