this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2023
3528 points (97.9% liked)
Memes
45324 readers
2132 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Yup! And all we get for it is healthcare, childcare, college tuition, pensions, sick leave, maternity leave...
Don't forget reliable and comfortable public transport and properly maintained roads and public infrastructure.
lol
* dependent by country
Laughs as he drives across the border into Belgium and has a filling shaken out
yeah, in a few well-marketed cities you usually find on postcards. "Europe has great public transportation, I was in Munich last week...", right, because whole continent = one city.
In majority of the cities and countryside it's either get a car or get fucked.
I try explaining this to fellow Americans that you end up paying much less in the end and never have the stress of how you're going to afford this stuff (or possibly even lose everything to a sudden health problem) but it falls on deaf ears if they've already been brainwashed. They refuse to hear that other countries have things figured out to make the lives of their citizens much more enjoyable.
But imagine I'll never get sick or have kids, then I'm losing money!!
Right?