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when my husband and I were debating whether to have kids in the US or the Netherlands, I came to the conclusion that:

The Netherlands (and a lot of Europe) optimizes for the average person to live well.

The US optimizes for people who want to be great.

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So everyone who doesn't get the optimal life in the US will be just someone who didn't want to be great?

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My point is that the US has more options to achieve greatness/success, but taking that risk can also lead to not-so-greatness.

Ex: retirement

🇺🇲 In the US, most people are not required to have a retirement fund/pension. They can invest as they please.

🇳🇱 In the Netherlands, not only do most people have to contribute to a pension, but when they retire, that fund manager dictates their monthly allowance.

The downside of NL: people don't have control over their own money. (In US, people have options to invest big)

The upside of NL: there's minimal elderly poverty. (In US, there aren't strong systems to prevent poverty)

I was all the way on board with the required retirement until you said some other dude gets to tell me how to spend my money. Heck no