Americans would be outraged at what they would be taxed for a "free healthcare system". It'd be pretty steep and the whole economic landscape would have to change to accomodate that. Most people can't even afford an extra $50 being removed from their paychecks on top of what they already might be paying for healthcare through their work, not to mention dental and eyesight (which are typically a lot lower but for good plans, combined would come out to $20-30 bucks on top of the healthcare plan).
Americans want to have their cake and eat it too from what I've experienced, also as an American here, but it's not feasible to do that. You have to pay your dues if you want a "free" service/daddy gubment to take care of you, and a lot of people don't really understand that.
We might arrive at that conclusion in maybe 200-300 years but Europe as a whole is VERY MUCH older than the U.S. and as such is far more advanced in their treatment of their citizens as a whole because of it. I mean, technically 1776 (ish, the year the declaration of independence was signed, but there was still a lot of y'know, legal crap after that I don't know about between the colonies and Britain) was only approx 243 years ago. That is STUPID YOUNG compared to literally anywhere in Europe.
America has a lot of catching up to do in terms of social policies and stuff like that. 'Murica is just a wee babe compared to Europe, and even Canada, despite the first colonies in Canada only being established really in 1608, according to Google. That's almost 200 years (- ~30 years) before America became "free" from Britain.
However the status as a whole today in the US is basically greedy politicians and CEOs > the common man, when it should be the opposite, because the common man is what produces said lifestyle for those CEOs and politicians in general. But it does work both ways, but the common man is content to just have a roof over his head, electricity, and with the advent of the internet, the internet at his fingertips.
We're pretty fucked in America unless there's a large change in the political and economic landscape, but, idk, I'm just an idiot pulling things out of my ass, so who cares.
Reply I put to someone else saying that "Canada is younger than the U.S. and that we should spend less on military (which I agree with):
So the first colony was founded in the U.S. by Britain in 1607, while Canada's is actually 1534.
I actually clicked on some links this time instead of skimming Google results.
So if we're going by "technically" standards and not being under rule from another country for the U.S., and Britain themselves has been around a whole lot longer if we count from when it was first settled in 1066.
So, Canada is about 20 years older, which, in the grand scheme of things, is not very much older at all. However, you have to consider how America developed separately from its parent nation compared to France having a colony in Canada, and keeping in contact with them and all that jazz. I am 100% sure it influenced culture in Canada today, whereas we had to produce our own "American" culture, as it is today. And Canada is still similar in function to how America works, but they get the benefit of having France as their parent country, which is part of Europe (or the EU, whatever) and a lot of the policies from there have transferred over to Canada.
Basically comparing Europe/The UK to the U.S. is apples to fucking orangutans, they're vastly different countries in how they work and feel to live in, what benefits everyone has, etc.
However I do agree that we could cut back a LOT on military spending and invest that into other things for our country, like FUCKING HEALTHCARE AHHHHHHHHHHH.
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