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by loblollyboy 2111 days ago
Overly personal question (and I’m not hiring) but why not the US?
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I don't personally agree with the political structure of the U.S. and it's knock-on effects. The fact that the U.S. is one of the few countries without free and universal healthcare is mind boggling. Social safety nets safe lives, but all I hear is that U.S. politicians want to tear them down. Their president is a joke who has a real chance of winning a second term despite the fact that he's the direct cause of substantial reduction in the effectiveness of the CDC and EPA AND absolutely fumbled handling the COVID-19 pandemic in any reasonable manner. Would all of that affect my daily life, living there? Not at all. Neither Canada nor any of the countries of E.U. are perfect but they certainly fit my community-oriented worldview better. At the end of the day, I don't want to live in a country like the U.S.
You sir are a man of great principles. Life is much easier when you are not.