On 10/30/2018 12:32 PM, wrote:
On Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 8:29:03 AM UTC-7, wrote:

Boy, this is an amusing thread. I'm waiting for someone to shoot someone just because he has another opinion.

Lou, here someone is allowed to be a socialist or even a communist or a fascist.

Yes lou, but they are also called out for it.

I haven't heard of European people being "called out" for being
socialists. The ones I've talked to in Europe seem very happy with their
system (which may be more semi-socialist, I don't know). They like
getting good medical care, education and child care, lots of vacation
time, lots of public transportation, etc.

The ones I've talked to were envious of one thing in America. They said
"You have so much room!" And that's true. Whether houses or yards or
cities, they seem to pack things into much tighter spaces. I suppose
that has advantages as well as disadvantages.

Not counting the communist era (when I helped a guy get political
asylum) I recall only one European guy who wanted to move here. He was
Irish, and this was before the Celtic Tiger phase.

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- Frank Krygowski