Comradeship // Freechat

Hey! I’m very far from the political views most people have in this community/instance.

However, please keep in mind that what you mention is not a very supported premise in Europe (where I’m from). I’m somewhat conservative (which here has absolutely nothing to do with the term conservative in US or the sh1t bag that is the republicans party)

In my EU countries people are happy to pay way bigger taxes in order to have health, schools etc owned and managed by the government.

It’s not about being lazy etc. this provides a safety net for people financially belonging to all the spectrum .

Free school is one of the things with bigger impact in birth rates / desire to have children. Colleges are very expansive and takes away a big chunk of the wages. If it weren’t for that, women would have less children, would essentially be burnt out as well.

A new policy that is also having a lot of impact is free access to kindergartens. Otherwise, how would you do with the babies? Not have them? Not everyone lives near their parents potentially retired to take care of the child. No access to the kindergarten would be a huge blunt to a couple (especially working class working in industrial places, plants, logistics etc).

All in all, it brings a huge impact in the country. I’m writing on my phone (which sucks for long texts) but I can add more stuff later

Oh small detail, here, if you spend a month in intensive care unit (say, with legionella for instance) you will have a small bill to pay. If I would that amount of time in a private hospital I’d have to sell my house, literally. This happened with someone I know (eventually managed to negotiate the payment to avoid losing house)