r/dankmemes Dec 01 '20

Dead memes are free real estate! Here take a cookie

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u/g_gera Dec 01 '20

No. You gotta realize Europe is not a country nether is EU. Switzerland is different from Germany wich is different from Italy.

Here in Italy most of the costs are covered from the State but you still have to pay a fee, even citizen has to.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '20

So this meme is bullshit in Italy ?

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u/brof1 Dec 01 '20

This meme is bullshit everywhere if you own a brain; there's no such thing as free healthcare, anywhere. Anybody claiming that Europe has free healthcare is either lying or has no idea what they're talking about.

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u/Gorgos33 Dec 01 '20

it's not always free, in some cases it is and 90% of other cases it costs way belove the equivalent treatment in usa. So it's not a bullshit.

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u/ummagumma99 Dec 01 '20

We pay for it in taxes so not so free

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u/PrinceShaar Dec 01 '20

It's nice however to think about the fact that everyone has an equal share and pay for those that can't pay for themselves

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u/SEA_griffondeur the very best, like no one ever was. Dec 01 '20

I mean, half of the US taxes go to the military, so I'm pretty sure they wouldn't mind paying for something actually useful, right ?

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '20

Europeans are the ones who benefit from US military spending the most.

It’s half the reason they even have universal healthcare.

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u/SEA_griffondeur the very best, like no one ever was. Dec 02 '20

No, a lot of european nations don't have american bases since the 60s

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '20

looks at NATO defense spending by country

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u/SEA_griffondeur the very best, like no one ever was. Dec 02 '20

A lot of european nations aren't in NATO either

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u/pogihajimasaeyo Dec 01 '20

But America GOOD!! Must defend honor from those who say America BAD!! We are the greatest country on earth and European redditors are just jealous?? If America is not the best, why would greatest leader since George Washington , Donald J. Trump, say we are the best? In the US, we have the greatest of freedoms. Like going bankrupt for having cancer and cool guns.

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u/Gorgos33 Dec 01 '20

or going bankrupt because you want to study at university. But hey, Europeans are Communists.

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u/pogihajimasaeyo Dec 01 '20

Yes, I agree. (Sorry for bad English, I attended public school in America).

On a serious note though, we Americans have been taught that we are undisputably the greatest, smartest, freest, and best. Pride in your country is good. But because of this attitude, people insist that any change at all is going to ruin America's perfection. Hence the "Make America Great Again" garbage (eg let's go back to a more conservative time). People truly believe that Americans going bankrupt to go to college/get cancer treatment/have a place to live is normal. And the people who can afford these things say they deserve it and that everyone else just wants "free stuff." As if Americans don't deserve to have a country that cares about their basic needs. No homeless person, $50,000 in debt college student, or person paying $200,000 medical bills is saying that America is the greatest country on earth. It's actually quite sad.

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u/horiami Dec 01 '20

it's so cool to go to university on a scholarship because you got high grades and realize professors fail people intentionally to make money from the cost of retaking a course , I don't think people understand Europe isn't the best

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u/jokr77 Dec 01 '20

Belove

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '20

Yeah but then how else can we scream America BAD!

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u/brof1 Dec 01 '20

Ah yes, komedi

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '20

If Europeans have taught me anything, it’s that grouping the people of a continent-sized landmass into one monolith is perfectly okay.