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This article makes the intriguing argument that Europe is the closest thing to paradise on earth.
I'm posting it here because a lot of people would scoff at this notion. Many Americans consider the US to be the best place to live, but they don't necessarily know all the facts.
The general conclusion in the article is that the US beats Europe for a narrow set of categories of people, namely the enterpreneurial and the rich. But if you don't happen to fall into those specific categories, life is significantly better in Europe, based on a variety of factors and considerations.
This article makes the intriguing argument that Europe is the closest thing to paradise on earth.
I'm posting it here because a lot of people would scoff at this notion. Many Americans consider the US to be the best place to live, but they don't necessarily know all the facts.
Europe is too broad term you could be refering to moldova or norway..
I hope someday people stop refering to europe as a single entity.
The article was written by a European. How objective is that? What about South Africa? And by whose definition of paradise--a Eurocentric one, of course. To many people, tropical forests like the Amazon are paradise. The Maya built one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever known in the middle of a tropical jungle. So... meh, whatever.
The article was written by a European. How objective is that? What about South Africa? And by whose definition of paradise--a Eurocentric one, of course. To many people, tropical forests like the Amazon are paradise. The Maya built one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever known in the middle of a tropical jungle. So... meh, whatever.
Brits are the least european you can get nowadays, they refer themselves as outliers in Europe, when they go to the continent or scandinavia they talk about "we are going to europe". They are nowadays culturally closer to other anglospheric countries (specially australia and nz) but also canada and the US rather than continental europe. Also the brits Use the concept "white people" thing that you dont see in use by continental europeans who care more about "ethnic french" , "ethnic german", "ethnic dutch" and their respective cultures. Brits are in fact like a halfway from the US to the real Europe.
Brits are the least european you can get nowadays, they refer themselves as outliers in Europe, when they go to the continent or scandinavia they talk about "we are going to europe". They are nowadays culturally closer to other anglospheric countries (specially australia and nz) but also canada and the US rather than continental europe. Also the brits Use the concept "white people" thing that you dont see in use by continental europeans who care more about "ethnic french" , "ethnic german", "ethnic dutch" and their respective cultures. Brits are in fact like a halfway from the US to the real Europe.
Picky, picky. the point remains that the article about Paradise on Earth was written by "White people" of European heritage, who naturally would tend to have a definition of Paradise limited to their ancestral environments. But this is the "Europe" forum, not the "World" forum, so... whatever. Carry on.
Picky, picky. the point remains that the article about Paradise on Earth was written by "White people" of European heritage, who naturally would tend to have a definition of Paradise limited to their ancestral environments. But this is the "Europe" forum, not the "World" forum, so... whatever. Carry on.
Nobody uses the concept "white" on daily life (non internet forums) besides Americans and other anglospheric nations (canadians, australians, new zelanders,etc) Nobody cares about the concept white in europe (except some british/Irish more americanized lately). The French, german, dutch, belgians, etc care for their ethnic groups, cultures and lifestyles and dont get the idea of an homogeneous label of white people or "acting white" and things that are used commonly by americans, because those countries are all very distinctive between eachother.
The article was written by a European. How objective is that? What about South Africa? And by whose definition of paradise--a Eurocentric one, of course. To many people, tropical forests like the Amazon are paradise. The Maya built one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever known in the middle of a tropical jungle. So... meh, whatever.
So, because an European wrote it, we automatically discredit it? What about articles written by Americans about the USA?
Following that logic, we should never believe American media ...
BTW: the article is about a developed countries, not about paradise in Amazon...
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