@maxsucksballs@tunguz Scale matters. Nordics use 25% VATs and high income taxes set by central governments. US cities can’t tax like that without causing immediate capital flight to other states. Managing a homogeneous 5M population isn't the same as a continent-sized nation of 335M with 50 states.
@maxsucksballs@tunguz Comparing the US to Europe through "moral values" ignores legal & police reality. Europe has had massive open drug scenes (e.g., Zurich’s Platzspitz, Paris’s Périphérique camps). The difference is containment, aggressive policing, and broader legal power to mandate treatment.
@maxsucksballs@tunguz The drug use no. Homelessness yes.
Population should play into the equation. The population of the 3 Scandinavian countries is almost equal to the greater Los Angeles area. Can you agree it's easier to govern a country of 10M?
@Jason@united This is one of 3 screenshots. I'd send this to @united because I feel I should be reimbursed. But their mindset is probably like mine, it's $20.
@ThighDoctor@realdanmitchell both hands go on hips as he walks away, pretty good sign not clavicle.
Unless I was a little bitch when I broke mine.
Both can be true.