• Altima NEO@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    There’s no Americans bragging about that. Corporations and the government, sure. The rest of us are to busy living in pain

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      Some years ago I were in US on vacation and a Cadillac commercial said you shouldn’t buy cars made by lazy people wo have 4 weeks vacation every year, instead you should buy an American car.

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      Most Americans have no clue what the rest of the world is like.

      Most Americans don’t even understand the progressive income tax system we have, they will go so far as to decline raises because it’ll put them in a higher bracket and they think that will mean less take home pay. It doesn’t! You should always take a raise!

      I believe I’ll someday move to a country that has good policies for everything from healthcare, to work life balance, and social safety nets, and I’ll never have to deal with the American nightmare again.

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        To be fair, the rest of the world isn’t easily accessible for most Americans

        Education is broken because on purpose

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          It’s literally one Google search away. And if they want to travel, you’ll be able to speak English to basically everyone (under 40)

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    God please let me move to Europe I don’t even care what language I have to learn I just wanna be able to live without worrying about affording a doctor appointment.

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      just wanna be able to live without worrying about affording a doctor appointment.

      If you avoid the flatlander areas, Canada may be for you. We also speak English; just, without the accent. :-P

      (unless you live on the island that’s an hour’s ferry from France)

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          Idk I’m from the central US and I had a German foreign exchange student tell me we didn’t have a mimicable accent. I know it’s not true but it was interesting to hear that from someone who’s familiar with everyone around her speaking in a completely different way, even when using English.

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    I recall going to the UK after brexit, to a house party with family friends. I was hounded with how do you function with only a 2 week holiday. I then shared i had 4 weeks after 5 years. They were so confused that we could function with less than 6 weeks of vacation.

    Burn out in the USA is a real thing. Our politicians will never vote for a mandatory vacation for anyone other than them selves

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    I love how in every topic about WFH there’s some dudebro going on about the economy suffering due to supposed lessened productivity and I’m like… Why should I care?

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    As an american, who gives a shit about all that stuff when your family savings can be wiped out, home foreclosed upon, and bankrupted just because you get sick or suffer an injury!? Even if you plan and do everything right, it could still happen to you, through no fault of your own.

    So, IMO until we have universal healthcare like every other modern nation, they all beat us…