[me_me_me]

this thinking stems from different political environment.

In EU we still have some power over politicians. US with its cemented dual party is basically a fasade of democracy. Thats why US people are so anti government.

Everything is always set in us vs them context.

Lets hope this trend will not affect eu countries too much.

[dmix]

Your position is that there is less unchecked power overreach in Europe? The famous home of the 'nanny state'?

[gambiting]

Of course. That's my position as well. The difference is that in EU the "nanny state overreach" is usually what people actual want and has large democratic support. In US it's like the country shouts super loud about how free everyone is and then you have the real unchecked overreach in every single corner of the government and law enforcement. So yes, of course there's less unchecked overreach in EU(not in Europe).