Re: [OT] Capitalism (was Re: columbia -- what really happened)
Sean Burlington <sean@uncertainty.org.uk> writes:
> DvB wrote:
>
> > AFAIK, many European countries have been doing that for some time
> > now. Their citizens have a relatively high purchasing power, yet they
> > still have relatively successful and extensive social programs.
> > The ideology that there must be something wrong with you if you don't
> > make enough money to, not only feed yourself and your family, but also
> > purchase a large house on a large tract of land and at least two cars is
> > almost exclusively American. Of course, like most things American, it's
> > been spreading like a pleague.
> > Not to say that Europe is a utopian society and the US should emulate
> > it to the farthest extent possible, but the current trend of being as
> > exactly oposite as possible is counter-productive, IMHO. There
> > definitely are some things to be learned from the European model.
> >
>
> why do I get the impression that some people on this list forget that
> Debian is an international project ....?
>
> This whole thread seems to be treating the rest of the world like some
> distant scenery.
>
> and BTW Europe is made up of lots of countries, there is more than one
> model !
>
Sorry about that. I'm aware that many, if not most, people on d-u aren't
from the US, but I had a sudden urge to rant and, since I live in the
US, had no choice but to do so from a USian perspective ;-)
As you say, there are many individual European nations and they're not
all the same but, compared the the US, they're more alike than they are
different, hence my use of the term "Europen model."
I digress :-)
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