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Is America a shithole country?
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:45 pm
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:45 pm
I am on Quora a lot (any of you have accounts?). And the Europeans constantly bash America and how "third-world" we are. A few examples:
1) One European said he was driving in Iowa and ran a stop sign, so a Cop pulled him over. He got out and began walking to the Cop car to hand over his ID and the Cop pulled a gun and went crazy. He said in his country it is customary to approach the Cop out of politeness (so the Cop doesn't have to get out) and lamented how paranoid Cops in America are. He attributed it to our crazy violent crime rate.
2) The Brits (especially) love to brag how their Cops aren't armed and how that works just fine since no one in Britain has guns and the Cops don't have to worry. (Britain does have armed SWAT teams that can be called in emergencies).
3) The Europeans constantly talk about how dumb Americans are. And you know, they're right. We have a lot of very dumb people. They always talk about how Americans are "ignorant of anything outside of America" and they're right about that too.
4) They bash us for being monolingual. "Dumb Americans can only speak English. Here in Europe everyone is bilingual, with many being trilingual." They're right. I only speak one language. I took Spanish in HS and German in college, but I don't remember shite except for "Guten Tag" and "Como Esta."
5) They love to talk about how poor most of America is. They always say "Once you get outside of Manhattan, Beverly Hills or Silicon Valley, America is third-world." And, you know, I can't really argue with them.
6) Their favorite topic of all is our healthcare. They say "Hahaha, Americans still having to pay for healthcare, while ours is totally free." They love to tell stories about their American friends who had full BCBS insurance and still had to pay hundreds of thousands out of pocket for cancer treatment (or something of that sort). They will say "what a barbaric system - people going bankrupt just to get basic medical care."
So I agree America is a shithole country in many ways. Would I move to Europe? I think if PoliBoard put a gun to my head and expelled me from the country I could manage in Britain or maybe Sweden (where people speak English). However, I have no desire to do so on my own. My home's here and I am fine with it. I do wish, however, that a good chunk of our country wasn't third world.
1) One European said he was driving in Iowa and ran a stop sign, so a Cop pulled him over. He got out and began walking to the Cop car to hand over his ID and the Cop pulled a gun and went crazy. He said in his country it is customary to approach the Cop out of politeness (so the Cop doesn't have to get out) and lamented how paranoid Cops in America are. He attributed it to our crazy violent crime rate.
2) The Brits (especially) love to brag how their Cops aren't armed and how that works just fine since no one in Britain has guns and the Cops don't have to worry. (Britain does have armed SWAT teams that can be called in emergencies).
3) The Europeans constantly talk about how dumb Americans are. And you know, they're right. We have a lot of very dumb people. They always talk about how Americans are "ignorant of anything outside of America" and they're right about that too.
4) They bash us for being monolingual. "Dumb Americans can only speak English. Here in Europe everyone is bilingual, with many being trilingual." They're right. I only speak one language. I took Spanish in HS and German in college, but I don't remember shite except for "Guten Tag" and "Como Esta."
5) They love to talk about how poor most of America is. They always say "Once you get outside of Manhattan, Beverly Hills or Silicon Valley, America is third-world." And, you know, I can't really argue with them.
6) Their favorite topic of all is our healthcare. They say "Hahaha, Americans still having to pay for healthcare, while ours is totally free." They love to tell stories about their American friends who had full BCBS insurance and still had to pay hundreds of thousands out of pocket for cancer treatment (or something of that sort). They will say "what a barbaric system - people going bankrupt just to get basic medical care."
So I agree America is a shithole country in many ways. Would I move to Europe? I think if PoliBoard put a gun to my head and expelled me from the country I could manage in Britain or maybe Sweden (where people speak English). However, I have no desire to do so on my own. My home's here and I am fine with it. I do wish, however, that a good chunk of our country wasn't third world.
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:51 pm to AUstar
Maybe 2nd world country. It didn’t used to be this way. It happened after they sent manufacturing overseas
This post was edited on 5/17/22 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:55 pm to AUstar
At this point in time we still have more freedoms and comforts than most other countries
We’re obviously on a downward spiral and moving towards full blow socialism, but the majority of Europe is already there
We’re obviously on a downward spiral and moving towards full blow socialism, but the majority of Europe is already there
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:55 pm to AUstar
Americans don’t necessarily need to know about countries outside the US.
Texas is bigger than most of Western Europe. If they want to go through people speaking multiple languages, they can go from Corpus Christi to inner city Houston or Dallas with redneck areas in between.
Texas is bigger than most of Western Europe. If they want to go through people speaking multiple languages, they can go from Corpus Christi to inner city Houston or Dallas with redneck areas in between.
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:56 pm to AUstar
The world is becoming a giant shithole....America leading the way!
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:56 pm to AUstar
Our leadership is shithole quality.
There are still some Americans who believe in the ideals that made this country great, but God has already told us how this ends.
There are still some Americans who believe in the ideals that made this country great, but God has already told us how this ends.
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:57 pm to AUstar
quote:
5) They love to talk about how poor most of America is. They always say "Once you get outside of Manhattan, Beverly Hills or Silicon Valley, America is third-world." And, you know, I can't really argue with them.
There’s quite a bit wrong with your post, but this is world-class ignorance. Dumb.
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:59 pm to AUstar
Might be, but I wouldn't willingly go to Europe for more than a long vacation.
Could possibly have been talked into moving to a Scandanavian country when I was younger and single.
Could possibly have been talked into moving to a Scandanavian country when I was younger and single.
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:59 pm to AUstar
quote:
I think if PoliBoard put a gun to my head and expelled me from the country I could manage in Britain or maybe Sweden
I would pass on Sweden.
As for England, it depends on where. For the most part though - nope.
Ireland (excluding Dublin) would be my first choice.
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:59 pm to OchoDedos
quote:
Metropolitan areas are
Certain pockets but that's not true in general
Posted on 5/17/22 at 7:59 pm to AUstar
Well even that crap people there think unkindly of us so I wouldn’t eat them much credence in anything they say . There cultural way of life is not I could enjoy or relax with
Posted on 5/17/22 at 8:00 pm to AUstar
Tell those European figs to defend themselves against big bad Vlad. Then they can surrender in more than one language.
Posted on 5/17/22 at 8:05 pm to AUstar
quote:seems odd since
Britain does have armed SWAT teams that can be called in emergencies
quote:
no one in Britain has guns and the Cops don't have to worry.
quote:this is a legitimate point, but one must learn the protocol of a place one is visiting.
how paranoid Cops in America are.
quote:is it also customary to run all stop signs in europe?
ran a stop sign
Posted on 5/17/22 at 8:11 pm to AUstar
They should be kissing our asses for repeatedly saving them.
Posted on 5/17/22 at 8:17 pm to AUstar
quote:Some parts are for sure…thankfully I’m not in those parts.
Is America a shithole country?
I’ll take living in America and speaking one language over Any other country out there!
Posted on 5/17/22 at 8:24 pm to AUstar
One of Americas biggest problems is that typical Americans believe that their education is vastly better than it is.
Posted on 5/17/22 at 8:27 pm to AUstar
quote:
They always say "Once you get outside of Manhattan, Beverly Hills or Silicon Valley, America is third-world." And, you know, I can't really argue with them.
Have you ever been outside those areas? I can only assume you haven’t if you can’t argue with them.
Posted on 5/17/22 at 8:41 pm to AUstar
I’m sure they’re gonna be talking shite about us, whenever someone invades them, and they come crying to us to help them.
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