To all you outside of the US...

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Its ... horrible how you treat your elderly in closed wards.

I shall avert my gaze.
Didn't mean to pry, it was just too loud to not notice it.

I'd rather look at our ... increasingly hard-right EU politics ... wait, that can't be right, wtf.

We used to say that conservative politics in the EU would still be considered left in the USA. Well, I‘m not so sure about that anymore.

Biden’s immigration policy is honestly a wet dream for most right extremists in Europe

I mean, in previous years we did pass some environmental laws (like banning internal combustion cars), not as much or as strict as I hoped, but change was there. Sure hope that doesn't all get undone 'to boost the economy' (in the USA sense - so help the existing big corps to boost their profits & do nothing for the majority).

Hell, I rally like the vast majority of EU regulations (various directives and delegated acts) that were passed & are being constantly updated (to keep up with the times/trends & tech) over the last 20 years, I think its a rally good balance between protecting the people whilst at the same time working with the market to actually achieve a meaningful & painless change over several years. That's why we have representatives. The added "bureaucracy" as companies call it is just extra reporting & testing (to confirm compliance with standards). This benefits us all & is of unbelievably marginal cost when you look at the economy, regardless of what lobbyists say.

The US far right actually made a project of helping the far right in Europe.