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by otikik 21 days ago
So, this is what this person doesn't get about Europe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp84sRpM1Js

In case it isn't clear: riots in Paris are (relatively) common. Common enough so that regular life, or in this case, a croissant review, doesn't stop. People travelling to the train station might encounter a couple rubbish bins on fire on their way there, and then find that their train was cancelled because of riots.

That's what Europe has that the US is lacking, and can't quite conceive.

> Yes, AI will take your job, except for a small subset of people: plumbers, surgeons and the like. Oh, and politicians, executives, and board members.

Not if every time they get out of their gated community or their 5-star hotel they face burning trash and get thrown rotten eggs to their faces.

You got to up your game, America.