"why certain people have this pathological need to paint Europe as some kind of crime-ridden hellscape"
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https://twitter.com/paulengelhard/st...11867211235328
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Because what is the one effect of being told that everywhere else is bad, & that your lot in life (even if it sucks) is as good as it gets?
THAT is the agenda here. THIS is the quis to whose bono all of these bullshit lies are told, loudly & 24/7: American corporate capitalism.
the LAST FUCKING THING a system in which Wal-Mart is by far the largest employer wants is for average Americans to look at Europe.
Yeah, we have problems. A tonne of them. But compared to yours over in America? Small fry, really. We're not de facto oligarchies, for one.
Do you think US employers want you to look at German unions, German paid leave, German health care or German workers' rights? Fuck no.
Do you think the people profiting off your $90k grad school loans want you thinking about how universities in Europe are free or subsidised?
When looking at a Big Lie, ALWAYS ask yourself who benefits. And it's clear who benefits from being told the US system has no alternatives.
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That guy gets it.