Indeed. Another minor difference but I think it bears fruits :
Excessive wealth is still kinda view suspiciously in Europe. As in “in you are that rich, we are in different world and I suspect you don’t have my best interest in mind or that you might be a closeted psychopath”
While in the US, wealth indicate value of the individual and it radiate to morality and intrinsic capacity ( of the individual… )
As much as the USSR was an unpleasant character. Stating “thanks to the Us and the Uk” without mentioning the role of the red army in the victory against nazi germany is vastly inaccurate.
Just the fact that Germany had to handle two fronts, one of them exclusively fought by USSR should be an indicator of that.
Recent unwrapping of historical communication also show that the US army decide to use nuclear weapon on Japan to end the war; not that much because dragging war is bad for civilian. But also because the red army was starting to pivot to the Asian front. Being done with Europe.
Also, I was mainly talking about village / neighborhood knowing each other and not being as divided as here. But that’s still an interesting point.
Ah, thanks for pointing that out. It sounds super cheesy but I miss common space where people play / mingle / relax / drink. Like a freaking plaza with table and chair and benches.
Those exists of course, just further far and between.
It’s counter intuitive because folk from the US are incredibly friendly and open. Super easy to talk to.
Leftist groups. Mostly. Leaning toward communism like the Red Brigades I mentioned. Their motto was bombing stuff, and kidnap/kill politicians. A famous group was “the Bader band” for instance. Acting between Italy, France, and Germany.
Then, they were the independentist group like ETA ( basque people ) and FLN ( Corsica )
Same modus operandis, but geared toward having France and Spain out of their places.
Thanks for the name, I will look those group up.
No right wing group in the US ?
We had some in France. For instance in 62 the “quarteron Francais” try to top De Gaule after he decided to let go of Algeria.
And just looking at any US city outskirts is telling.
Also, let’s remember the position of the US in both early WW1 and Ww2.
Faschism & racism are not new additions.
But is it getting better?
How is the trend in regard metrics like Gini coefficient and wealth repartition?
What is better before ? Yes, until the 80s, the IRS and middle class were still a thing.
I wonders what will happen to channel future discontentments. What would be the outlets.
My concern is that once it’s become absolutely clear that upward mobility is broken for most, what will be the recourse of the folks left over in the dust?
Oh I remember when terrorist were white and either super Christian, or at least raise Christian.
IRA of course, but also ETA or the Brigatte rosse in France, Spain and Italy.
What does not fit the narrative ?
I see that narrative popping back in French news today with protests against specific water collection stategies ( not the retirement stuff, other protests ) being labeled as “eco-terrorism”.
It looks that any resistance to the capitalism model of land & resource management will be labeled that way going forward ( in France. in the US I’m waiting to see what happen with cop city near Atlanta. As of now nobody heard of it )