Content
@
0 reply
0 recast
0 reaction
Sterling Schuyler
@sterschuyler
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.
14 replies
130 recasts
238 reactions
Henrique Cartaxo (Augurs)
@henriquecartaxo
So everyone who doesn't get the optimal life in the US will be just someone who didn't want to be great?
2 replies
0 recast
0 reaction
Sterling Schuyler
@sterschuyler
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)
2 replies
0 recast
1 reaction
Sterling Schuyler
@sterschuyler
Another example is higher education. 🇺🇲: everyone can apply 🇳🇱: only those in HAVO or VWO go to university, but only VWO can do PhDs. MBO can only do vocational But in NL, everyone graduates high school with a career path ahead of them. In the US, you can to do whatever you want - including flounder
1 reply
0 recast
0 reaction
Smiddycent.eth 🎩
@smiddycent
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
0 reply
0 recast
1 reaction
