Europe vs USA - Lifestyle
Healthcare - In the United States it is common for a hospital to refuse to treat a critically ill patient if they are not insured or are not US citizens. In Europe such a concept is considered ancient and uncivilised. In the US, doctors sometimes refuse to treat or prescribe the right options to a patient if the doctor’s religious beliefs go against what is medically best for the patient. It happens most often in cases of abortion, birth control and treating homosexuals where the doctors’ medical ethics conflict with their religious beliefs. Such an act in Europe would lead to cancellation of a doctor’s license to practice for violation of the Hippocratic Oath.
Where do you read this stuff about doctors religious beliefs influencing how they treat a patient? Maybe that still happens somewhere out in the middle of nowhere, but not anywhere that is at least somewhat civilized. Also, half the doctors here are Indian or Asian, and the rest are Jewish, and they aren't going to push their religious beliefs onto patients outside of their ethnicity. There aren't many American doctors anymore, but blame it on our education system, eh.
Diversity - United States, despite petty internal political differences is very uniform and homogeneous to an outsider. The culture (or lack of it) is same, the food is same, the language is same and the arts and style are similar. In Europe language, art, food, culture and politics are widely varied which might be overwhelming for an outsider but makes things interesting. A person visiting Scotland on a pleasure trip won’t feel like he could have done visiting England while a person visiting New Jersey and Virginia as a tourist would almost feel both are same states (except the differences in street crimes).
In New York alone going from the rural areas to the suburbs to the city, you would have no idea it's the same state. In the suburbs the town over from me is all Jewish, the one over from that is half Italian half Jewish, the one over from that is half Irish half Italian, the one over from that is Polish and Spanish, the next one if half Spanish and half African American. Working your way to the city you come across large Asian communities, as well as Middle Eastern, and in the city you have many more ethicities. A tourist wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the rural areas in different states, or the suburbs in different states, or the different cities, aside from certain major landmarks, but they are all similar. I would say that the arts and style are the same, but the food and language is different between states, but you are right that we aren't really know for culture.
Education - The quality of public education in United States is much lower than that of Europe, in fact it is lower than many developing third world countries. US High School students are much less aware of the world history and politics, have lower mathematical and scientific skills, possess lower reasoning and judgement capabilities than European students of the same age. Universities are prohibitively expensive, the better the university, the more expensive it is. Students are often immersed on a lifelong burden of debt or get wiped out of all savings for an average college degree which costs a fraction in European countries or is free as in case of countries like Germany.
The quality of public education depends on the wealth of the town, even though the education is free. If you want to go to a good university you better either be rich or get an academic or athletic scholarship.
Media and News - The media in United States is very short sighted and excludes the rest of the world which it considers as an amusement park. The political and cultural news about the world is often negatively biased from an American point of view to suit ‘Americanised’ tastes. Sex and sexuality is either commoditised in an obsessively unhealthy way or vilified, making it to look as a dirty and evil act. In contrast, political and cultural news in European media is much more worldly and inclusive. News media tend to present facts rather than biased opinions; sex and sexuality is shown in a positive and healthy light as compared to the US.
So your News media isn't biased like this whole post?
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I don't know what is says that's what we think. The first two things are unfortunate truths here.
Education is a right, but if you live in a bad school district then good education is a privilege, and one which you will have to pay for by sending your children to private school. I don't
think that healthcare in America is a privilege, I
know it is. Me thinking that it's a right won't do me any good when I get turned away for not having insurance or the money on hand to pay for a medical procedure.
The rest of the chart is just stereotypes, and mostly what the rich corporate type thinks. Luckily I speak 2 languages but most people don't, and I don't know why that is, especially with all the Mexican immigrants we have here. I have no idea about the cheaper is always better one though. If anything we are known for paying stupid high prices for things that we don't even need.
