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[–] 5 points 3 months ago

Perhaps the Swiss have better social safety nets? The U.S. loves the idea that you can lift yourself by your own bootstraps (you can't), and loves rugged individualism (you are alone). If an individual falls -- or feels like they've fallen -- there's not much help. There's guns, though.

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