> Not everyone can just switch jobs, not everyone is in a career in demand like that.
Career is a choice. But of course, most people don't have 100% job security.
>Also, the fact that you suggest that dish washers shouldn't get vacation is telling
That's not what I said.
They should have all the vacations they want, but not at other taxpayers' expense.
Otherwise, you have hard-working people give up to 60% of their income away for vacations of dishwashers.
Perhaps this is a great achievement for Swedes, but would be looked down upon in the US.
> The lower and middle classes need stability too, yet in America, you've either made it or you haven't. It's way too binary in my opinion.
Inequality of results is a logical result of capitalism.
You can't have the cake and eat it too.
If everyone 'made it', no one would truly 'make it'.
> You act like there's no personal freedom in Germany, but with their paid vacation for _everyone_ and socialized healthcare, it seems to me like they have much more freedom than your typical American.
Sure, but the benefits fall largely upon the lower classes.
Wealthier individuals don't need so much help from the state, yet they're the ones contributing the most.
By no means I aim to defend everything that goes on in the US - e.g. the healthcare situation is abysmal.
But ultimately, there are pros and cons of both approaches to policy.
>Inequality of results is a logical result of capitalism. You can't have the cake and eat it too.
This is absurd. There are people who are making hundreds of millions of dollars a year while tens of thousands of people work minimum wage jobs because that's all they can get, and you're saying that it's their fault for not producing more? You really need to realize that our quality of life isn't because we are so amazing, but because of the opportunities our position in the world and society have given us. And in America, those opportunities are being offered to fewer and fewer people: economic mobility is declining, and has for a while[1]. A person can only pull on their bootstraps so hard.
Career is a choice. But of course, most people don't have 100% job security.
>Also, the fact that you suggest that dish washers shouldn't get vacation is telling
That's not what I said. They should have all the vacations they want, but not at other taxpayers' expense. Otherwise, you have hard-working people give up to 60% of their income away for vacations of dishwashers. Perhaps this is a great achievement for Swedes, but would be looked down upon in the US.
> The lower and middle classes need stability too, yet in America, you've either made it or you haven't. It's way too binary in my opinion.
Inequality of results is a logical result of capitalism. You can't have the cake and eat it too. If everyone 'made it', no one would truly 'make it'.
> You act like there's no personal freedom in Germany, but with their paid vacation for _everyone_ and socialized healthcare, it seems to me like they have much more freedom than your typical American.
Sure, but the benefits fall largely upon the lower classes. Wealthier individuals don't need so much help from the state, yet they're the ones contributing the most.
By no means I aim to defend everything that goes on in the US - e.g. the healthcare situation is abysmal. But ultimately, there are pros and cons of both approaches to policy.