by gilleabart » Wed May 02, 2012 5:41 pm
First, freedom and liberty are NOT right wing or fascist values. Your contention in that regard is less than moronic.
And not all of Europe is to the left of the United States in terms of social programs. Spain, Italy, Romania, Portugal, and Greece are WAY down the list in those key respects. Yup. And we know what kind of "prosperity" they're enjoying!
No state in Europe and surely not the United States minimizes property rights, or promotes what you ignorantly call "atheism". Like a lot of other terminology you have horribly confused, it seems to be freedom of/from religion that your diatribe fallaciously attacks.
About five countries in Europe have effectively banned handguns. Some other types of firearms are awkward or clumsy to purchase in others. Switzerland and Finland have less firearms restrictions, generally, than the United States.
Health care standards in most of Europe are FAR higher than in the United States.
Try researching somewhere other than on slimy right wing neo-Nazi websites and FOX.
You haven't learned much, but maybe there is still hope.
Short answer: No, Europe isn't "proof" of any of your specious/fraudulent "points", nor does much you espouse have anything to do with reality.
One interesting approach that European experience does verify is that there are LOTS of ways in which democracy can be developed and administered.