Even those companies are struggling nowadays with quality of goods made in China improving extremely fast.

> For some reason, every time Europe is mentioned, there is always a comment about how Europe is struggling but when you look at the quality of life, happiness or life expectancy, all those numbers are higher than the US.

But quality of life in Europe is decreasing fast. Pension is becoming unsustainable. Govts are going bankrupt. Infrastructure is collapsing. People correctly see that Europe as a whole will fall behind in some years unless things change

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amarcheschi 34 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Govts are going bankrupt

No they aren't

Infrastructure is collapsing

No it isn't

	▲	gruez 22 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		>Govts are going bankrupt >No they aren't They might not be "going bankrupt" in the sense that they're imminently going to default on their debts, but debts have reached unprecedented levels[1], and show no signs of stopping. If you know someone who's racking up serious amounts of debt on sports gambling or whatever, it's safe to characterize that as "going bankrupt", even if you think they'll be able to make the minimum payments on their credit cards for the next few months. [1] https://www.economist.com/content-assets/images/20251018_SRC..., https://www.economist.com/special-report/2025/10/13/across-t...

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croes 40 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

And millionaires and billionaires become more and more.

The problem isn’t money but the distribution.

Volkswagen payed 4.5 billion in dividends in 2024

	▲	gruez 33 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		>Volkswagen payed 4.5 billion in dividends in 2024 How does that compare to Germany's deficit? Or their impending pension obligations?