Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are?

Re:Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are? by close04 on Thursday April 04, 2019 @11:05AM (#19573157)

Then I would rather say the issue is with Denmark (laws, politicians, people, whoever you see as the main culprit) rather than a European issue. Denmark is one of the smaller countries (size and population) in the EU so generalizing based on that example seems like an overreaction.

Also I can't find any reference anywhere supporting the idea that physical abuse from the locals is a common practice in Denmark. There's no pattern to police shootings and incarcerations based on color either.

For example Vienna, Prague or Madrid are generally considered as some of the most expat friendly cities in the world. Germany, Spain, Sweden are also generally considered as some of the best expat countries in the world.

Imagine saying the US is not an innovative country because Mississippi is not innovative. :)

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Re:Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are? by sweeeety on Thursday April 04, 2019 @12:20PM (#19574092)

You are right that it might be a particular problem from Denmark but I also see it is common to share the positiveness of EU across all States (like saying assuming quality health care is universal across EU) but single out negativities when convenient.

The use case pointed with Mississippi is one of those absurd edge cases. It would be more suitable to say you don't generalize the USA as a country full of pick trucks or people carrying concealed guns, even if that might be more common in some states and illegal/uncommon in others.

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Re:Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are? by close04 on Friday April 05, 2019 @03:57AM (#19580617)

I just picked one of the members of a union, chose a weak point, and generalized it to the whole union. Is it not similar to the Europe/Denmark situation?

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