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Why do Europeans seem to think they are so much better than America?

为什么欧洲人认为他们比美国好太多了？（下）

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Arnold Wunsche, PhD Economics & History, Free University of Berlin
European:
All right, I have 5 weeks of paid vacation per year. Last year I went to Spain and China, this year I might go to Brazil and Morocco. And I will squeeze 10 days skiing in Alps in January.
American:
I got 2 weeks of unpaid holiday, fuck yeah, so cant wait to visit my friends in Maryland. Its gonna be long trip from Oregon for sure. But its worth it, every year for the past 5 years it has been a great trip.
European:
I feel a bit hot. I should probably have to go to see a doctor? (Goes and sees a doctor free of a charge in one of the best hospitals in the world)
American:
I feel like shit, but I cant go to see a doctor, I dont have an insurance.
I feel like shit, but I cant go to see a doctor because its my 3rd time this year, and next time I will have to pay 500$ just to speak with him.
(Goes to the doctor) - Okay, Mr. Smith its nothing serious, you have a headache. Just have a rest and drink lot of water and one Aspirin. The bill is 1000$. Have a nice day.
European:
Omg, have you heard - that guy from 3000km from here robed a store with a knife. Where is this world going to????
American:
-Hey mom, can you pass me the salt please… Oh, have you hears 50 kids were shot today in that school in Arizona/Miami/NY/Alabama/Ilinois,Oregon…

欧洲人：我每年有5周时间的带薪休假。去年我去了西班牙和中国，今年我可能去西班牙和摩洛哥。我会在1月份安排10天时间去阿尔卑斯山滑雪。
美国人：我有两周时间的带薪休假，等不及要去马里兰看我的朋友了。从俄勒冈出发，这将是一段漫长的旅行。但是很值得，过去5年来我每年都这么干，非常棒的体验。

欧洲人：我感觉有点热。我可能需要去看医生？（去世界上最好的医院看医生，免费的）
美国人：我感觉糟糕透了，但是我不能去看医生，我没有保险；我感觉很不好，但是我不能去看医生，因为这是我今年第三次看医生，下一次我和医生讲话就需要支付500美元了。去看了医生，没问题，史密斯先生，不是什么大问题，就是头痛。你只需要好好休息，多喝水，吃一片阿司匹林。费用1000美元，祝你愉快。

欧洲人：天啊，你们听说了吗，3000公里外的某个家伙持刀抢劫商店，这个世界到底怎么了？
美国人：嘿，妈妈，你能把盐给我递过来吗？哦，等等，你听说了吗，今年某个州的某所学校有50名学生被枪击了。

they are run by a person who doesn’t listen to the people in the slightest
For Europeans, they are referring to Mr. Trump who appears to be representing 50% of the US population and calling the other 50% “idiotic” and “Anti-American”
For Americans, we often see this from the outside. We look at Spain and see how their leader denies Catalonia’s 90% approval of separation. We see France’s government deny the population the right to a free market on gas (despite the majority of people wanting this).
Their laws endanger lives and hurt their populations
In Europe, they look at America’s gun control laws and see a backwards society. To them, America’s loose gun laws is endangering the populations. Most European countries has stricter gun laws (or more educated populaces) and see our laws as hurting the American people.
For Americans, we look at crazy laws like GDPR and Article 13 (“Meme” Ban) as ways of hurting their population. It denies the basic right to a free market as, as Americans, we see this as hurting our populations.
→ Why do Europeans seem to think they are so much better than America?
The same reason Americans think they are better than Europeans.

他们的领导人一点都不倾听人民的心声。
对于欧洲人而言，他们指的是川普，他代表着美国一半的人口，称另外一半的美国人是白痴和反美的。
对于美国人而言，我们看到了西班牙，认为他们的领导人否决了90%的加泰罗尼亚人所提出的独立请求，我们看到了法国政府不让人们对天然气进行自由的交易（尽管大部分的法国人想要）。
他们的法律危害生命并且伤害自己的人口。

欧洲人看到了美国的枪支法律，认为美国是一个落后的社会。对于欧洲人而言，美国宽松的枪支法律正在危害自己的人口。大部分的欧洲国家拥有更严格的枪支法律。
而美国人看到了欧洲是实行的《通用数据保护条例》和13条，认为这伤害了欧洲人口。它否决了人们进入自由市场的基本权利，作为美国人我们认为这伤害了欧洲人口。
所以为什么欧洲人认为自己比美国好呢？
出于同样的原因，美国人认为他们比欧洲人好。

Terance Schmidt
Imagine you live in a place where, if you get sick, you go to the hospital. You never worry about whether you can afford it, because that’s just not a thing. Old people, kids, common working folks. They get sick, they just go to the hospital.
Now you learn that in the USA, it’s not like that. Healthcare is only for people who can afford it. Lose your job and get sick? You might just die. Have a lower-status job? No health insurance. Even with a decent job, deductibles might bankrupt you.
How do you suppose would you view the USA?
Imagine watching Breaking Bad from that perspective, btw. The basic premise, that a schoolteacher with cancer can’t get care, makes no sense whatsoever in the civilized world. In the civilized world, a teacher with cancer goes to hospital, gets care, gets on with their life. But we’re more concerned with money than with our own people’s lives. We look like fucking savages.

想象一下你生活在某个地方，如果你生病了，你去医院看病。你永远不用担心自己是否负担得起，因为那不是个问题。老年人，小孩子，普通工薪阶层。他们生病了，就去医院看病。
可是你发现在美国不是这样的。医保只有负担得起的人才享受得到。事业并生病了？你可能会死。拥有一份差劲的工作？公司不给提供医保。即使你拥有一份体面的工作，你也可能因为生病而破产。所以你会怎么看美国？
可以从这个角度来看待《绝命毒师》。这部美剧的前提是一位老师得了癌症无法获得医保，这在文明世界是不可想象的。在文明世界，得癌症的老师就去医院看病，获得治疗，然后继续生活。但是我们更在乎金钱而不是我们人民的性命。我们看起来就像是野蛮人。