As an American, my perception is that Europeans work to live while those of us in the States live to work; the highest crime in America is hurting the rich, and the highest crime in Europe is hurting the working class.

Deficits might be unmanageable already.

> As a European, it’s incredibly sad to see this trend: the “right to forget” (HTTP status 451), GDPR, cookie prompts, losing the UK, DMA and DSA, Chat Control, immigration issues, Germany’s anti-nuclear stance, the war in Ukraine, high gas and oil prices, COVID-19 deaths, even the storming of Tesla’s factory.

With the way how you mentioned these things side-by-side maybe you just need pause from social-media.

Yeah, most of those things in that list I think a fair argument can be made the EU is in the right, is doing better, or is not to blame. However, that requires ignoring the rampant falsehoods on social media and researching authoritative sources.

"In a longer time frame, pushback is healthy for stability"

Yes, thank god for the adults in the room giving us our cookie prompts... such foresight!

Don't be so smug about it, plastics in the waterways and tire residue in the fresh water are global problems.

Not just plastics in the waterways, but in our brains and even our dicks apparently.