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by junaru 237 days ago
> In every country in Europe people are pissed with their government and hate the police

Objectively false [1]. Europe is pissed at government (~30% approval) and love the police (70% approval). Hating on police is an US thing exclusively.

1: https://opendata.cbs.nl/#/CBS/nl/dataset/80518ned/table
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mrtksn 237 days ago
Okay, I may be exaggerating a bit the European's attitudes towards their local police and governments(some small and cold countries tend to trust their local police and government more than the larger countries at sunny places) but here you can see that EU is consistency viewed more favorably than the local ones through the years:

https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/3372

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lillecarl 236 days ago
Maybe edit and clarify your misinformation that Europeans hate the police? We don't.
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mrtksn 236 days ago
The trust levels in Police is much lower in larger countries. In Germany it’s %50 and %35. NL is not the rule, it’s the exception.

But sure, hating the police is an exaggeration. Still, I think it’s obvious that its for illustrative purposes and not a declaration. Just like everybody never means every single person no exceptions when talking about general situations. It’s like when you say “everyone knows that the flat earth theory is BS”. Yes it’s not everybody and your mileage may vary depending on the location.

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