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The Peculiarities of American Life
The way they live in the United States is not normal…
I’m not exactly sure when it happened, but it has become crystal clear to me that something is wrong with the United States.
When I say this to people they nod knowingly.
Don’t get me wrong, I lived in the US for 55 years and, for the most part, I loved living there. But there came a time when I knew I could be better somewhere else. So, I did my research, and I made my decision.
One thing I learned years ago about the US is that there is a learned helplessness. People don’t think twice about spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a college education.
In other parts of the world, it doesn’t cost that much, nor do they think about starting a GoFundMe campaign to help offset their health insurance costs because their health insurance is not covering it.
How about to tip a person for pouring you a cup of coffee because their multi-millionaire or billionaire employer can’t seem to pay them enough wages. In other parts of the world, it is not expected to tip, and the owners are not uber wealthy.
Doing my research, I discovered there are places in the world where are not drowning in debt. They have free time where they don’t have to worry about…