| ▲ | neonstatic 2 hours ago | |||||||
> Not going to even mention the obscene difference in racism OR the language barrier, both of which are enormous factors. Language wise, absolutely. Racism-wise, I think you underestimate how wildly racist the US is. As a European, I am still quite shocked. Everything in that country is viewed through the lens of skin color. | ||||||||
| ▲ | 0xDEAFBEAD an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
Some data suggests that Europe is more racist than the US: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/files/2013/0... Easy to find social media anecdotes supporting that position if you want: https://old.reddit.com/r/AmerExit/comments/17g68zx/pervasive... I think the main difference between Europe and the US is that European progressives tend to have a lot of national vanity and believe that their country doesn't have racism, regardless of the evidence. US progressives tend to have national self-hatred (the US is one of the world's most self-hating countries, according to polls) and work really hard to find racism everywhere. I see the rise of the far right as fundamentally different in Europe and the US. In Europe it's driven by migrants who don't integrate well. In the US, immigrants typically integrate well, and the far right is fundamentally a reaction to our crazy far left: https://www.imightbewrong.org/p/how-crazy-is-darializa-avila... The US far right is worried about immigrants because they believe immigrants will vote for far left candidates, even though the data doesn't exactly support that position. | ||||||||
| ▲ | zappb an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
Ask a European about Roma people. They are far more racist than the Americans. | ||||||||
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