CLASS in Europe and America
Lars Poulsen <[email protected]>
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On 2026-08-08 17:54, c186282 wrote: > On 8/8/26 03:03, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> On 2026-08-08, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The USA/west DO have serious enemies - and they're >>> tech-savvy. Bear that in mind. >> >> Some of them are in the USA itself. Can you say "tech oligarchs"? >> >> Unless you define "USA" as the oligarchs themselves, of course. > > Nah, USA isn't that 'simple' - and too volatile. > The rich become poor and the poor become rich > too easily, too often, in the USA to sustain > a traditional oligarchy. It's easier in Europe > with its more rigid/established classes. As an immigrant from Europe (Denmark) I see much more class entrenchment in the USA than in the parts of Europe that I am intimately familar with. Americans TELL themselves (or each other) that they have high social mobility, but it is FAR easier to start a new business in most of Europe. Universal health care is one huge reason. -- Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California