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Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
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I always found it absurd that in the richest country in the world, there is no universal health insurance, no parental leave, no public holidays, that a college education costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, that there is no protection against dismissal, that people are starving or working but still homeless because they cannot afford an apartment—all of this is inhumane, uncivilized, and a disgrace to the US, not its recipe for success; it is its downfall, as the current regime is demonstrating.
It's the richest country in the history of humanity and all we did with it was oppress other nations, build a massive military, and sell the nation off to the rich. So far it's not a winning plan for anyone outside of the top 1%. Same shit, bigger piles of gold.
Well, you have produced the richest man in history, who is a Nazi and, apart from his wealth, does not seem to be particularly intelligent—but all the more greedy for it.
Alone we go fast, together we go far. We're rich relative to other countries specifically because of how much we valued greed after ww2. Now that wave has ended and if we want to keep going we need to figure out how the second half of that statement works.
I agree with your general sentiment and conclusion, but wanted to point out that some of the items you mentioned are not completely accurate:
For the first two, perhaps you meant that there was no national requirement for those things. Regardless, I agree with your sentiment and conclusions.
Edit: apparently, parental leave also varies by state, with most of them not mandating paid parental leave.
The wealthy in the US got rich by exploiting the rest of the population.
Cite your sources please, unless you mean to suggest that simply a rich person entering my house that I'm rich suddenly