6 LIES America Told Me! - Jovie's Home

Capitalism in Europe: You buy things that you need or like. Capitalism in the U.S.: You buy things, which you don't need, with money that you don't have, to impress people, who you don't like.

Bulletproof backpacks for kids should be the global indicator for a failed society 🤦‍♂️

I am an average American with an immigrant wife. It’s not until I started seeing the United States through her eyes that I started to realize I have been living in a red white and blue lie all my life. She has describe what the average day/year is in her home country, and it makes me extremely envious. Especially when you realize that they make more if not the same amount of money as Americans per year. And as you age you will realize how very important it is to be able to have access to affordable healthcare. I once was a Republican, a conservative, and a member of the US military. But once you visit other countries can you see what the average citizen is afforded, you begin to realize how badly you have been lied to. We are currently planning our immigration out of the US permanently.

I'm in the UK. Someone very dear just passed from cancer. She was young, healthy but had a blister, thought nothing of it. Went to a Dr for diagnosis far too late. With no chance of saving her the NHS acted fast, it still offered every type of medication and treatment possible, including new expensive treatments, just to give her more time with her children. No death squad wrote her off. She sadly lost her fight yesterday. We her family don't have any medication,, hospital, hospice or transport bills. Everything medical has been paid without our involvement, we have not had to think about any of it. When crisis like this hits, the last thing you need is to worry about how you're going to pay for it.

I’m a European whose boss berated me for only taking two weeks holiday, when it was possible for me to take more. She insisted I take a month off and do something really special. I went travelling with my husband and came back feeling on top of the world, and raring to go. I still think of that holiday from time to time. She knew what she was doing.

Saw an American veteran saying that the war in Afghanistan taught him that the american ”freedom” is the freedom to pretend. Nothing else.

I’m Canadian and I often go on cruises where I meet Americans and discuss the difference between Canada and the US. The amount of misinformation is incredible. I got called a Marxist when I explained how financially inefficient having dozens of insurance companies with multimillion dollar salaries for their executives, sales staffs, marketing, and paying dividends is compared to a single government agency. I explained to one guy how the government uses bulk pricing to negotiate drug prices and was told that we must be using expired drugs.

A 66 yo American, who has lived in The Netherlands and Germany totaling 18 years now. We chose to retire in Europe (Germany) for practically all the reasons you’ve mentioned.

Before I came here to The Netherlands, I was led to believe that I should feel sorry for Europeans because they were poor and suffered under a repressive regime of socialism. I had also been brainwashed that America was the best country in the world, whatever that means. Boy was I wrong. When I compare my life with that of my friends and relatives, I feel very thankful that I had the courage to stay here and start afresh, although at first it wasn't that easy at all.

i've lived in germany for 20 years, and i've learned to appreciate time and experiences much more than material things. in the end, you aren't going to remember all those cool clothes or expensive cars... you're going to remember time that you spent with loved ones.

Neighbor diagnosed Stage IV lung cancer. Worked at a hotel doing maintenance work. Had to work until a week before death because if he lost his job he lost his insurance. America seems hostile towards its citizens. She couldn't keep her slavery, but feudalism found a way. Middle Class shrinks and many learn the feel of lower-caste living. They punch down. They punch down.

Food for thought: The "radical leftist" senator Bernie Sanders would be a centrist in the Netherlands.

As a European living in the states I can tell you that Americans need your sympathy. I’ve traveled widely but I have never experienced the level of brainwashing I’ve experienced here. There are wonderful people in the States but unfortunately even the highly educated are automatons. Most of it comes from a constant bombardment of fear. That fear leads to two things that make America exceptional. It incarcerates more of its citizens than any other country in the world and it has a military bigger than the next 26 countries combined. It excels in fear whilst it ranks 27th in education and in the 30’s for healthcare. It has a higher infant mortality than Cuba. It’s a sad society of ignorance, arrogance and insecurity.

Jovie, I am a Brit who has lived in America for over 20 years. The honeymoon period has totally worn off! I am utterly amazed speaking with some native born Americans regarding Communism and Socialism. The two words are used interchangeably in the US and most people don’t even realize they are not in any way the same thing. How can a society be so uneducated?

I agree 100% - as someone who spent my whole life living in America and now live in Spain, it’s so wonderful to be living here where we are safe, treated equally, where there are no dangerous ares, no guns. It’s a real pleasure to be in an integrated and loving society. They all take care of each other here and the health care is top notch. We are finally stress free in our lifestyle.

In the Netherlands: 1. Kids can play safe on the street 2. You dont get fired when you are pregnant 3. You dont get fired when your sick and wanna stay home for a week your boss even support you here in the NL to stay home!! 4. Cities have pavements to walk from A to B 5. You dont need a car to do your thing 6. Public schools are great 7. When you work you have a lot of free time and holidays 8. Money isnt king here 9. Status, career or ego isnt important 10. Affordable healthinsurance and good healthcare also mental healthcare for rich and poor. If you get cancer or a fertilitythreatment you dont get bankrupt. 11. Kids are king here 12. Studying is cheap here 13. Not many homeless people and junkies here 14. Great infrastructure and public transport 15. Weapons are ilegal 16. You dont need 3 jobs to survive 17. Minimum income 18. Vibrant citiycentres no giant malls and superstores outside the cities here 19. Quality of life is much higher. We work to life comfy, we dont life to work. 20. No fakepoliteness 21. Kids can bike safe to their friends or school or sporttraining. 22. Many playgardens, parks and places to relax 23. No privateschools but good free schooling mixed with rich and poor, black and white. 24. No ghettos 25. Clean streets and cities 26. No hierarchy on the job your boss is nothing more then your collegue. 27. When you gave birth you get a nurse daily at your house!! 28. As a consumer, you are extremely well protected against all kinds of things. 29. If you cause an accident, you don't have to worry about losing your house. 30. The government takes care of you in this country. For almost everything that happens and that you need. I can go on and on...

American here, living in Switzerland. Never going back

I worked and lived in US and have a US wife but we live in the UK - totally agree about what freedom is. Our friends and family in the US really dont understand that we feel truly safe and free. We were once, seriously asked how we defend ourselves without guns. Our reply was to ask "defend ourselves from what?"

"We buy shit we don't need, with money we don't have, to impress people we don't like." -- George Carlin

There was an American guy here in Ireland a couple of months ago who couldn’t get his head around the fact that the emergency helicopter ambulance that brought him to the hospital, when he got sick, was free. He didn’t have to pay. And the treatment he got in the hospital, he didn’t have to pay….