De Verenigde Staten van Eva
2016 · TV series · documentary · 2 seasons
Created by Eva Jinek
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Created by Eva Jinek
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In the USA, if you do have a specialisation you can profit from then you're middle class pronto but if something happens with you, if you get unemployed or drama in your life you are toast. EU is less risk/less reward, and that contradicts a startup culture at its core which is high risk/high reward. However that doesn't mean EU has no risk/reward or effort/reward; it has.
That friend from DK likely has rather opposite values of Trump's and is afraid for a society where approx 50% of the people would vote for Trump. But if you look into it, and speak to Trump voters, that's when you start to develop sympathy and empathy for their background, stories, and reasoning. Its important to listen to people, and try to understand them. We can learn so much from that, but it requires patience, time/effort, and getting out of your bubble. I've seen a very good TV series on this subject [1] by an American-born American-Dutch (Jewish, Czech) presentator Eva Jinek but it is unfortunately with Dutch voiceover/subs.
I come up today with another reason (healthcare example) of why I would prefer EU over US [2]. Examples like these I stumble upon every once in a while, and they make the comparison more and more difficult; not easier. Because income is tangible, but these examples are not.
[1] https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Verenigde_Staten_van_Eva
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17877651
I saw this in a local documentary about the USA (De Verenigde Staten van Eva). They called these people "preppers". I had never heard of that before. Don't remember if Mormon was mentioned.