[Belgrano]

Reading Anabasis' great post:

(04-08-2016 04:12 PM)Anabasis to Desta Wrote:  

In mainland Europe, everybody lives an OK life. Nobody is starving but the opportunity to carve out an exceptional life for yourself and realize your potential is non-existent. You get taxed 50% of your income ... innovation, hard work and hustle is discouraged. The system is already established. You're allowed to become a glorified slave but no chance to build your own Empire. A Surgeon lives almost the same lifestyle as a guy stacking shelves at Aldi. People don't have the fire and drive to succeed over there like Americans do. In Britain the classes are established & impenetrable. The poor support their local football clubs, get drunk and fight ... the rich do what they've always done.

I mostly agree with this paragraph, but the bold part is obviously a big exaggeration.
We already discussed it at lenght in the Sweden, Germany poorer than most US states thread, so let's not start all over again.
Both systems have their advantages and disadvantages, in the end it's a matter of personal preferences.
Life in Europe is not worse than in the US, it's just different.

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A semi-retarded bodybuilder immigrant from Austria (Arnold) can become a Movie-star and governor of the most populous state in the country.

I know you are probably just joking, but for the record, Arnie allegedly has an IQ of 135.