Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "" video.

  1. I think part of that is because of how polarized the US is becoming, it's always things like left vs right, Democrats vs Republics, haves vs have not and so on, it's basically creating a lot of division. Then throw in a lot of the propaganda from flag waving and patriotism and the level of ignorance from Americans about the rest of the world and you get to see where the real problem is. After living in both the EU and US, currently in the UK at the moment, I think the real problem in the US is the system of individuality where it's everyone out for themselves which in turn weakens the social safety net, I think that's the root of the problem, it feels like a society that cares a lot more about what you can get out of it and not about what's better overall for society and everyone in it. EU countries are very different in that, that a lot of policies are put into place that drag everyone up, whether it's individuals or regions within a country and even thought it's far from perfect, I feel it does a much better job at looking after the people then what I saw in the US, especially when it comes to the poor and middle classes or run down areas where it feels like in the US, they have to fend for themselves whereas in the EU, there's a lot of regional development funds to pull them up. For me, the US is a bit of a weird country, it's like a first, second and third world country all in one depending what part you live in and your social standing, now granted, I wasn't in the US long, just 2 years and that was spread over California and New York but I saw enough that shattered that vision I had of the US that movies portray of it and it made me realize how lucky and easy Europeans have it.
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