[glimshe]

I work in a major tech company and never check email outside work hours, which I cap at 40 hours a week. I never work weekends, never check work during weekends or vacations.

I make much more than my European peers, have a better car, better weather and bigger house. I have 25 days of paid vacation. While this is better than the US average, I don't know a single person in my friends group wanting to trade the US for Europe, including my Europe-born friends.

[wldlyinaccurate]

Hopefully you realise how lucky you are, and that your situation is the exception in the USA rather than the standard.

[auselen]

Then you have SOs, kids.. do they have the same standards, and is that guaranteed to stay?

[glimshe]

Nothing in life is guaranteed. I have contingencies in place to withstand life events, but there is no place on Earth where you can guarantee your future.

[auselen]

it helps with everything when there are lots of safety nets in society…

[Longhanks]

That’s just offloading the responsibility to the public / to the government.

[danaris]

Yes; that's what we call "civilized society".

Humans take care of each other. It's what makes us strong.

[auselen]

Not everyone equally able.

It takes a village to raise a child.

I wonder how much of is about with what kind of ideologies you grow up with.

[sn9]

Do you go through life without insurance?