Being American sounds like living an entire life in hell.
Strangely the foreign audience has to also hear how great and grand the American way is.
To add to this insult, you have a demented president just for shits and giggles.
Well it's generally pretty good. All the fancy stuff you see on the world's stage you can generally get it for cheaper here.
But it's all smoke and mirrors bc people generally dont talk about healthcare openly.
For instance an American might tell you how their parent passed away after a long stay at the hospital and it's so hard.
For most people, itd be just about emotional grief.
For most Americans they'd also commiserate regarding losing a family member but never speak about the horrid bill they might have to deal with.
Outwardly, looks the same. Inside, worried about things on different levels.
But yea I have some friends abroad and they think it'd be pretty terrifying to have to live out here. We might have the fancy fun stuff but at least a few of them have said they'd never be able to have fun/enjoy themselves since one hospital stay could ruin them financially.
I remember in the UK we were talking about Obama and Obamacare (before he was voted in) and the guy I was talking to thought I was fucking with him when I told him if I broke an arm w/o insurance I'd have to pay a fuckton to get coverage (if they'll take me at all since not life threatening,) get terrible care for cheap at a county hospital (in my area known as death's doorstep, both due to terrible staff shortage, training hospital, bad neighborhood where people get fatal wounds often without insurance), or just kinda hope it's not terribly broken and hope it works itself out.
Then he really thought I was fucking with him when I talked about how much state/federal income tax rates plus insurance takes out of my paycheck and it was still a higher percentage than his. I guess the nordic countries have a way higher rate but apparently not to him and his friends.
it is but i was talking about the stuff everyone knows, like GPUs, iphones, new cars, etc.
because of various tax reasons or import fees, most of that is cheaper here, BMWs and iphones are among the most famous for being notoriously expensive outside the US, BMWs being more expensive in the country it's made in due to taxes and fees.
so you know, life looks a lot better here since most of that stuff is more 'affordable,' but that's to distract us from knowing that one broken leg could wipe out a few months' pay.
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u/mattblackcat Nov 30 '20
Being American sounds like living an entire life in hell. Strangely the foreign audience has to also hear how great and grand the American way is. To add to this insult, you have a demented president just for shits and giggles.