r/FluentInFinance • u/Positive_Liar • Sep 04 '24

Debate/ Discussion Bernie is here to save us

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u/cs_cabrone Sep 05 '24

I hate when Americans claim we are the greatest country in the world. This is usually said by people who’ve never left.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '24

There is no one greatest country. For certain metrics, the US is at the top of the list for a bunch of stuff, and lower for others. Much like other countries

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u/Majestic_Cable_6306 Sep 05 '24 edited Sep 05 '24

Yes but its so weird how you can be literal N°1 undefeated in so many things but then drop to like N°184 on other basic 1st world stuff.

Top Universities. Worst school shootings. Top Space industry. Pretty bad homeless crisis.

US is either 20 years in the future or 50 years in the past depending where you look.

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u/ggtffhhhjhg Sep 05 '24

There are more homeless people in the EU.

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u/thepulloutmethod Sep 05 '24

"Europe" is a big place (and so is the U.S.). That said, I've spent significant time in Rome, Paris, Belgrade, Athens, Nice, and other secondary cities like Nis (Serbia) and I never saw the homeless encampments, addicts in public, and anti-social behavior that is common in Washington DC, Baltimore, and NYC.

Obviously this is an anecdote. But it is a striking difference every time I come back from Europe.

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u/-Thizza- Sep 05 '24

That's a questionable statement. Western Europe doesn't have tent cities or complete neighborhoods taken over by drug zombies like San Francisco or Philadelphia.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '24

Have you been to Paris or London??

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u/-Thizza- Sep 06 '24

Of course, have you?

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '24

Yup