Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "American Reacts to America is NOT Europe..." video.

  1. I find that weird even in the UK, you have so few parties, and for the most part, the UK and US are a two party system, yes there are other parties but when was the last time they got into power. A two party system is only a little better than a one party system, and it's not very democratic because the public views are quite diverse to cram them into just 2 parties, and I hear this a lot in the UK where it's said not to vote for the Lib Dems as it will be a wasted vote that would favour the Conservative Party, how on earth is that democratic when you're pressured into voting for one bad party or the other, which not much changes whichever one you vote for, and a big part of the problem is the first past the post system that the UK and US has got, it basically rigs the voting system by invalidating many votes by grouping them together, and they wonder why so many don't care about voting any more, problem is, not voting usually empowers the corrupt in the system. As a Brit, I look at many of the European systems and wish we had that, I know they're not perfect, nothing is, but the systems the UK and US have got are a joke that rarely represent the interest of the people.
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  2. Yep, the way he said it was a bit perplexing, the entire nature behind universal is that everyone qualifies for it, regardless of wealth or status. Basically, you could be homeless, not paying any taxes and still qualify for health care, that's universal for you.
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  3. I have to wonder how much different my life would have been in the UK if I didn't have the freedom in the late 80's and early 90's to go out and explore without worrying about my safety. As a young kid, I took the bus on my own, which was about 5 miles from where I live, furthers I've been away from my own as a young kid is around 10 miles, either on my bike or by bus, and parents never had anything to worry about. The only time they would be concerned is if it's late and I've not come home or let them know where I am, apart from that, I felt as a kid I had enough freedom to explore the world in my own way, and I feel my life could have been very different if I was brought up with the restrictions that Americans put on their kids.
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  4. It's not so much that businesses in Europe don't try to pull the same tricks they do in the US, but governments and the public tend to be tougher on corporations in Europe, the public tend to hold governments more to account and seem to be willing to stand up to them in many European countries. You throw it all together and you have a more equal and happy society, whereas the US feels like it's one big corporation, that profit is the only thing that matter, whereas the people don't seem to matter to the system, they are basically there to be used and abused, at their own expense, to enrich a few elites at the top. Basically, the US reminds me of the Ferengi in Star Trek, whereas the EU reminds me of the Federation, whereas Russia/China reminds me of the Klingons or maybe even the Romulans with how paranoid they get.
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