Naomi Helen
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jiicee :
I speak only about me, not about everyone. As European, i personally like allmost free healthcare, librarys, fresh food, have actual life after work. All The beautiful that is in Life. Money is okay, but that really is not The superior reason to live your Life.
2026-11-08 11:51:44
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Lazy_Tiger11 :
interesting take, you compared and contrasted the two, but then implied that the European is limited because it holds them back from reaching the American version of success. I think it completely misses the point that they don't want that, and assumes the American version is the next step up the success ladder
2026-11-08 13:09:36
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Martin :
the European dream is to be successful enough so you don't need to work
2026-11-06 20:12:48
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quasaurius :
The irony here is that the US is “Christian” 🤣
2026-11-08 07:21:22
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It’s me :
Just a reminder, you can’t take it with you when you die
2026-11-07 18:25:07
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mollythedolly :
america, the land of miserable millionaires. Europe, where we just want a nice sit down, a coffee and a gossip
2026-11-07 09:59:55
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Jezza1340 :
here in Britain we don't have a British dream,the biggest reason is because we're awake
2026-11-07 16:37:42
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Baguette 🇪🇺 :
Hold on. I always thought it was dishwasher to millionaire in the US. Like "You can work really hard and that will be enough to get rich". Not founding a business and then exploit others, but actually make a fortune by just being the gosh darn best dishwasher and working a few hours overtime. Like, exploiting others for your gain or investing money, that's not hard work. Earning enough money to have something to invest, sure, but from that point on, other do the work for you. So for a European mind, that's not what we talk about when we say hard work. Or self-made. You have to actually do the work yourself, dirty your own hands and continue to do so for it to count as YOU earning it. Now this suddenly explains a lot. Because what the American dream implied to us, it was very clear that this would never be possible in capitalism and so it was a wild concept that the US still kept talking about it when Trickle Down was long scientifically proven to be nonsense. But now it all makes sense. It's not about ethically getting rich and REALLY earning it, but only about keeping the cycle of exploitation going but trying to get on top of it.
2026-11-07 14:07:38
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neoboomer0 :
the comments disappoint me. if we are so damn superior, how come we are so miserable and getting poorer all the time? how come we are incapable of completing anything? How come we (perceive at least) that we need America and America doesn't need us?
2026-11-06 11:17:22
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JCGiant03 :
Lithuanian (aka European) here. What's the point of having an empire? What's the point of working myself to death if I can't enjoy the beautiful things about life? Traveling, family, friends? If I have to sacrifice the things that make me human to "achieve it all", then I don't want it.
2026-11-06 16:28:54
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Viktor :
"Live to work" vs "work to live"
2026-11-06 13:30:48
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Kim Munch Michelsen :
We are educated and are interested in what we work with. Success is not a lot of money; it's making something meaningful at work. ✻ We live in a welfare society, Denmark🇩🇰, so we don’t work for survival, and we don’t need a lot of money. We have lots of freedom and don’t lack money. We can take risks and many do; I did. ✻ In the current American society where people need 2-3 jobs to survive, the American dream is only open to the rich.
2026-11-06 17:47:57
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Tommaso Pagni628 :
i would say that "having a dream" in Europe doesn't necessarily link to money or a job
2026-11-06 10:13:42
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patibo :
They call it the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it. - George Carlin.
2026-11-06 18:35:41
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the_nightf1y :
That's the definition of happiness: being happy with what you already have. Understanding that more does not mean more.
2026-11-07 00:17:58
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lesleyanneg🏴 :
from what I've seen Americans focus on material wealth and see that as success, Europeans are more about quality time being success (like having more days off work a year etc)
2026-11-06 19:12:05
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Piecenjeely :
Making money until it’s too late to spend! Let that sink in.
2026-11-07 03:21:15
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dm4652 :
I'm in England I work 6.5 hours a day, I'm self employed, I don't pay for my son's college, you couldn't pay me to live in the States, I've spent time in the States, i couldn't wait to come back to blighty
2026-11-06 22:07:20
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Hooligan :
If you have a happy home you're rich!
2026-11-06 18:02:02
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8375smith8375 :
There are two main differences, I think. Americans like short punchlines such as ‘Work hard’, while Europeans are often more pragmatic and thoughtful, and can be summed up as ‘Work smart’. (The same goes for ‘Never give up’ versus ‘Evaluate the goal and the solution, and then adapt for the best result’.) The other difference is that Americans are much more egoistic and self-centred, in that ‘freedom’ for them is freedom for ME, while for Europeans freedom is freedom for US. It is the same freedom, but a completely different viewpoint.
2026-11-06 09:19:09
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Denny First920 :
Which Europeans are we talking about? 😳
2026-11-06 21:52:22
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@freespirit :
It depends of the location in Europe
2026-11-06 09:00:58
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Bas Berend Jan :
The European dream is not about having a lot of expensive crap. The european dream is drinking a good cup of coffee at a randomn Tuesday morning because you have all the free time you want 😁 expensive stuff limits your freedom because of taxes, cost of upkeep etc. But having just what you need and a plethora of money to just chill out and enjoy life brings you actual freedom. As a Dutch man I go on 3 vacations a year and am super content with my small home and car 😁 and if I want a day off I just take it ✌
2026-11-07 12:27:08
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Drito :
Actually, it's not the conditioning that's preventing Europeans from chasing their goals, it's the bureaucracy in most European countries. The amount of red tape is incredible. Then again, the food is kinda healthy because of it.
2026-11-06 16:13:49
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rogerk401 :
all the american things are only centered around money...
2026-11-07 10:18:26
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