That explains European economic growth vs the US over the last decade.

Agree, they've got their priorities straight over in Europe.

Who is living better, typically?

It explains the growth in the Quality of Life surveys of Europe vs the US over the last decade.

I do agree when comparing developed wealthy nations the US ranks poorly on average vacation days per worker.

But on a global standard across all peoples, even those in the informal economies? US probably works out better.

Not that being a bit better off than subsistence farmers in extreme poverty is a high standard to cross, it's still a pretty low bar. I'd still recommend scoping your claims accurately.

Joke's on you, I have "unlimited" vacation days...

The next time a company tells me I have unlimited vacation, I will ask them the minimum number of days I need to take off a year. If they can't answer, then their "unlimited vacation" is just an accounting trick to take the financial liability of PTO off their books.

The demographic of Americans who use a Starlink to work from the wilderness probably has more vacation days than the mean European.

I always dislike the European vs American commentary. There are tradeoffs and we could easily go back and forth on those.

You're lucky that commentary isn't here then, as "most of the world" isn't just Europe.

But broadly speaking, life is better in most first world countries that aren't the US.