Why Obama is so bad and why Europe loves him

Originally Posted by DarkFish

I don't need Dick Morris for that, it's pretty simple. Obama is less right (or more far left from your viewpoint) than most other US politicians. Many changes he's been trying to introduce have already been working quite good for many decades here in Europe.

The standards of what is working well are obviously much different in Europe.

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

The standards of what is working well are obviously much different in Europe.

I don't know, it depends.
If the US standards mean bad prosperity, bad health, unequal wealth distribution and general unhappiness, then obviously you are right and they are very different. If not, then perhaps they are not so different as you like to think.

[Aramike]

If the US standards mean bad prosperity

Only a European would use the phrase "bad prosperity".

unequal wealth distribution

So wait, you say Europe has equal wealth distribution?

If you did, you would all be impoverished.

general unhappiness

Your gauge for this is what?

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by Aramike

Only a European would use the phrase "bad prosperity".

Maybe, fact is that most countries in western Europe are at least as prosperous as the US.

So wait, you say Europe has equal wealth distribution?

Of course not. I do say Europe has a relatively equal wealth distribution compared to the US.

If you did, you would all be impoverished.

Or we would all be enriched This is just capitalist propaganda talk, that for some reason a relatively equal wealth distribution should mean that everyone is poor.

Your gauge for this is what?

That most people here are happy.


Remember, I do not say all these things aren't so or cannot be in the US. I only say that TheThirdMan's claim that the US and Europe use very different standards is false.

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

So hang on what do you make of Norway and Sweden?

Both socialist states, but regularly hitting the top of best country league tables, universal health care, happines etc....

Pretty high standards if I must say.

You hit the nail on the head