Re:Did Insurance Fire Brigades let uninsured buildings burn?
by LadyCailin on Monday December 19, 2022 @09:26PM
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I think it’s fair to compare only intranational affairs with other intranational affairs, as correct as you may be to point out the shortcomings. But these are apples to orange comparisons.
The public transit point is fair, but my understanding is that that is due to the right wing government, which is also the root problem in America.
Re:Did Insurance Fire Brigades let uninsured buildings burn?
by abduhl on Monday December 19, 2022 @11:24PM
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France will have a second public transportation strike over wages shortly. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/french...
Not helping someone until you figure out who’s paying is a way of life for Europeans.
In the last decade you failed to offer help to hundreds of thousands of refugees because nobody could figure out who owed who. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_European_migrant_crisis
In the last year you failed to aid Ukraine in their war against Russia, failing to even provide weapons that you’d agreed to provide (but only agreeing after terms had been reached to make sure you got paid something). https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/16/ukraine-slams-germany-for-fa...
In the last month you failed to provide public transportation because you couldn’t agree on wages. https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/italy-national-general-str...
And that’s just on the continent in the last 20 years. If we were to go back to say around 1945 I’m sure we could find a couple more instances of Europeans being not so helpful.