Europe vs. America

Submitted by Kerri Beaudoin (United States), Jan 17, 2006 at 15:08

I think Europeans hate themselves. Basically many Americans are of European descent, and have many laws and traditions taken from European examples, including many capitalist principles. The truth is America is a product of Europe originally, but we didnt' follow the socialist ideal, because socialism seems to be no more fair then capitalism, or any other system. The truth is there will always be people out there, who want to blame all the problems of the world on someone else.

The thing that is scary is Europe is NOT learning from it's past mistakes. They are just transferring blame to someone else. Anti-semitism, and bigotry are still alive and well in those countries, as it is in America and basically everywhere else. We as humans need to stop blaming everyone for our mistakes and take responsibility for what we do to harm others, and that is always going to be the hardest thing to do. We have been trying forever!

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