Views on America from an outsider

[scott]

And yet, we're still the greatest force for good and the most benevolent country the world has ever known.

And yet, that's still not the point.

[scott]

Relativity: letting folks off the hook for suckiness since the advent of humanity.

[ElNono]

The only one I disagree with is the first, but only in the sense that our corrupt political system is no where near being one of the most corrupt in the world. It is far more corrupt than it should be though.

Agreed.

[Stringer_Bell]

Heineken is one tough beer to enjoy tbh. Priced like a good beer, I guess to support their advertising budget?

They have some amazing commercials over here, so that might be true. It's delicious, but I can dig that it's not for everyone.

[Yonivore]

I just don't understand justifying spending trillions on wars but being so opposed to healthcare for your own ing citizens.

If we didn't spend money on Defense, The Dutch -- and the rest of Europe -- would be either German or Russian.

Healthcare is expensive in America because of regulation not because of greedy private enterprise.

Imperialism broke the English, Dutch, and Germans. Imperialism(Afghanistan in particular) broke the Russians. It is going to break us too.

The costs of Welfare dwarf what we spend on the military...and, we've yet to try and plant a flag in any of those countries.

[Bill_Brasky]

if we didn't spend money on defense, the dutch -- and the rest of europe -- would be either german or russian.

Healthcare is expensive in america because of regulation not because of greedy private enterprise.


The costs of welfare dwarf what we spend on the military...and, we've yet to try and plant a flag in any of those countries.

k.

[scott]

Heineken is one tough beer to enjoy tbh. Priced like a good beer, I guess to support their advertising budget?

It's actually not too bad when it hasn't sat on a boat for months in green bottles getting skunky.

I drank a fair share of Heinie's last time I was in A-Dam, and they make a few brands that don't make it over here that are pretty tasty.

[ElNono]

I liked the media bias angle more, tbh. It was a stronger weak argument.

[Stringer_Bell]

And yet, we're still the greatest force for good and the most benevolent country the world has ever known.

Agreed, but it's quite apparent that it isn't balancing out with the bull we're doing to each other and other countries.

edit - don't agree with the benevolent part, we're not a ing charity.

[boutons_deux]

If we didn't spend money on Defense, The Dutch -- and the rest of Europe -- would be either German or Russian.

.. which America a free pass to act like an asshole, up the planet, sell toxic crap to the EU banks, etc, etc.

Healthcare is expensive in America because of regulation not because of greedy private enterprise.

You ing Lie. the docs, insurance, hospitals priority is to suck $Ts out the Human-Americans pockets, health is a secondary concern.

[Bill_Brasky]

people paying less in other countries for uni healthcare via taxes than we do to health insurance companies.

[The Reckoning]

imo europe has all the solutions! look at how well oiled the EU is.

[boutons_deux]

"europe has all the solutions!"

you said that, you prove it. All countries have problems, USA has Ayn-Randized itself into a sociopathic, inhumanitarian hole, where people die for want of money.

For social safety net and healthcare and energy/oil efficiency, the other industrial countries are way ahead of USA.

[ElNono]

imo europe has all the solutions!

What solutions?

[DarrinS]

Without my grandfather's generation of Americans, you would be speaking German in the Netherlands.

You're welcome.

Now, GFY!

[ElNono]

Without your euro great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather there would be no America.

[Bill_Brasky]

Without my grandfather's generation of Americans, you would be speaking German in the Netherlands.

You're welcome.

Now, GFY!

Shut up, re . I'm American and both grandpa's fought, one has a distinguished flying cross. That has nothing to do with the topic at hand anyway.

[baseline bum]

Imperialism broke the English, Dutch, and Germans. Imperialism(Afghanistan in particular) broke the Russians. It is going to break us too.

I don't think it will, because the United States still has an enormous amount of energy reserves in coal and natural gas. The country may be going to for the people, but I'm confident it will remain strong for the real voters for a long time based on that.

[rascal]

That's what a liberal bias in the press with get you, scott. Ignorant foreigners.

And, Dan, we're the most environmentally conscious -- and cleanest -- major industrial power in the world. We've come a long way from the burning rivers and unfishable lakes.

The ignorant ones are people like you.

[rascal]

Okay, Bill, give me an example of our "indiscriminate environmental destruction."

Oil Spill in the Gulf.

[balli]

Maybe it should be since you're the Dutch pot criticizing the American kettle.

This was on the front page of reddit for like the past 24 hours. This dude's not dutch. Just some with a copy and paste habit.

[TeyshaBlue]

'sup balli? Been awhile.

[baseline bum]

It's actually not too bad when it hasn't sat on a boat for months in green bottles getting skunky.

I drank a fair share of Heinie's last time I was in A-Dam, and they make a few brands that don't make it over here that are pretty tasty.

All beers taste better in the red zone with a hooker rubbing you through your pants though. You sure they'd still be good in boring old America?

[Bartleby]

'sup balli? Been awhile.

No kidding. I thought he had bailed.

[Stringer_Bell]

Without my grandfather's generation of Americans, you would be speaking German in the Netherlands.

You're welcome.

Now, GFY!

Actually, the Canadians were fighting in WW2 long before US intervention - and were actually the ones to liberate the Netherlands. Dutch and German are quite similar languages, I think the Dutch would have complained more if they had to speak French Canadian.