Talking to a partner in Netherlands who is a Canadian and American expat. The chatter started with Covid and masks but I realized the Dutch people are so well behaved, mindful of their neighbors and understanding of their government. Why is America not like this? Why do we behave so boorish and uncultured in comparison? We can't even wear masks to the store, and the Dutch are back to normal life already.

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Not just the Dutch. Literally EVERY country in Europe and Asia. Singapore, China, Taiwan, Korea, HK etc were all hard hit but they are all back to normal now - the US is the only country fucking everything up.

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Americans want their ‘freedom’ we are very selfish and want what’s best for us, even to the detriment of others around us

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Agree. It’s infuriating.

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Netherlands here, if you watch anti covid measure protests here, you'll see the same boorish idiots. And when the lockdowns were announced the past two years, more public violence than the US has seen regarding this issue. However, it's a smaller and more concentrated group.

In my opinion the main difference is that in the US one of the two major political parties has sort of adopted the beliefs of these people, as well as certain mainstream media. And just as everything in the US it is immediately politicized, with left and right always disagreeing on everything, to an absurd extent.

This political/media support emboldens these people and gives them a sort of legitimacy, and combined with the polarized politics grows them as a group as well. Because apparently if you're a conservative, these days that means you should be anti covid measures.

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