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Anonymous
I live in Norway and we norwegians view America as a great nation, if slightly misguided. I mean, the whole war on terror thing and that Iraq business, we didn't really like those, but that's just politics man. I've met a few americans on vacation and they're mostly really nice. I also have american ancestors (which in turn came from europe, so...)
Anyway, it's hard to say, America is such a huge country. We only have a little under 5 million people here, so it's hard to compare.
Generally, I think we here in Norway have it a bit easier, since you americans seem to have pretty strict social standards, like what makes you a "loser" and stuff like that. Also, we've got welfare up to our necks here. Taxation is very high but then again, we get free healthcare and all kinds of other benefits, so we don't really mind. It kinda feels like that if you fall down in america, you're on your own. Here, you're not. There's always some guy there for you. (Well, not always, but most of the time.) America seems more like a natural selection kind of thing, where the unlucky and weak end up at the bottom of society, which sounds pretty brutal.
Oh, and I'm glad to tell you that we're NOT communists, despite what you might have heard! :D
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