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  • Oct 20, 2026, 11:19 AM

    "They Fled T<<<p’s America. Now They Regret It" lololololol the oligarch propaganda machine is working overtime to keep restless Americans brainwashed that nowhere can beat the quality of life in the US. 🤣🤣🤣 Just shows they're worried that the light is dawning.

    Look, I have ample criticisms of each of the three European countries I've lived in. There is no "utopia" out there. But do I regret leaving the US? Oh hell nah. I walk through parks at 2am without fear. Sidewalks aren't filled with homeless campsites, contaminated needles, and overdose victims. I get all my preventive healthcare screenings knowing that any bad findings will be taken care of without bankrupting me. My taxes are used mostly to extend care to vulnerable people and help parents give children a stable foundation. Jobs come with 6 weeks paid vacation plus 10 paid holidays and 10 paid days of continuous education. When you get sick, there are as many sick days as you need, period. I have multiple friends whose doctors put them on 6 weeks of paid sick time for _burnout_.

    Don't let the bullshitters bullshit you. Life can be a lot better than the low standards set in the US.

    wired.com/story/they-fled-trum

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  • Oct 20, 2026, 11:29 AM

    Oh and yes Germany's national train service is a literal punchline. It still is way more comprehensive and usable than Amtrak. And on the flip side, for the equivalent of about 75 USD per month we have a transit pass that is valid on every public transit system in the country plus on most of the country's intracity lines. Imagine riding on every train, bus, and tram in the US for that, including those handful of regional lines run by Amtrak.

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  • Oct 20, 2026, 11:49 AM

    In Italy, the hospital staff laughed at my foolish American question about where to pay for the major outpatient procedure I'd just had. It took up several hours of time for 1 doctor, 3 nurses, and a lot of advanced equipment. They laughed because there was nowhere for billing or payments. The national healthcare system covered all the costs of care, period.

    I did pay like 20 euros for some shitty cough syrup once though. So I guess it's technically true that healthcare isn't "free". Btw, foreigners in Italy had to pay 2000 euros per year for access to the system. So yeah, again technically not "free". But imagine as an American having your _total healthcare costs essentially capped at 2k per year_. Everything else free except for OTCs such as tylenol.

    The oligarch-owned media wants you to believe the true-but-not-true "there's no such thing as free healthcare in Europe" so that you don't look at the details closely enough to recognise that they need you to stay there complacent with letting your "big" US paycheck continue to be siphoned off by the bloodsucker class. Meanwhile, Europeans with half your salary get to enjoy more peaceful lifestyles.

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  • Oct 20, 2026, 1:52 PM

    @cczona
    In Europe, we have the common good.

    In the USA, the common good is very uncommon, and only available to those who can afford it.

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