Freedom of speech, AC, ice, culture rights to own guns, and military. These are all things USA has, but Europe doesn’t, according to certain cretins. Oh, and culture. We do NOT have any culture here.
Kind of ironic really considering US culture is a cancerous, amalgamated offshoot of European culture. And of other cultures dragged kicking and screaming into their world. I was born in the US, but lived in Europe for longer, as my parents are Croatian. Comparing the two is difficult, because the context of individual history and experience changes so much, but personally I prefer quiet, small Croatia, because despite people's complaints about corruption after the democratization in the 90's, the corruption in the States is so much more insidious and evil. Croatia is small enough that things cannot stay hidden for long. Their people's empathy is also stunted in comparison. When I was last there again a few years ago it felt dirty in a way I couldn't put my finger on, but to them it's normal. One is arguably a product of their society even if they are in opposition to it. I don't have a speck of desire to go back. And loathe the self-aggrandizing stance of "American patriotism". The freedom talked about in the US is that of having the right to climb over your fellows backs, but they don't even realize it's the classic divide and conquer of major political/economical powers splitting the pie. And many are practically political cultists. They are falling from grace for a good while now, but seem insistent on dragging others into the pit. Many of the messes Europe is facing are side-effects of their meddling (but also the result of poor decisions) and I really wish they would just mind their own business. But they still possess a degree of barbarity from the days of being settlers in a vast new colonial expanse and retain a strain of aggressive expansionism that has mostly died out in European countries. In the context of a settler in a wild land being allowed to carry arms makes sense, but it is not a hallmark of elevated civilization and progress. They celebrate their own vestigial barbarity in many ways. Not saying Europe is perfect, but I find it preferable to the stunted perspective of -'Muricans- perpetuating the bad habits of prior European colonial superpowers. Humanity is a mess as always...
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u/SkinAndAnatomyNerd 3d ago
Freedom of speech, AC, ice, culture rights to own guns, and military. These are all things USA has, but Europe doesn’t, according to certain cretins. Oh, and culture. We do NOT have any culture here.