With all the EU glazing, and given this is HN, can we start some kind of Gattaca like identity exchange program please?

Let's pair off by height, hair colour and sex. You can take my EU passport and I'll take your US passport. You too can enjoy smothering regulation- uh, I meant mothering regulation. For you see, Europe is a place that cares about people.

This is definitely a great deal for you. Europe is just like every vacation you have had here, that's definitely totally representative of the overall experience. You know all the things European teenagers on Reddit say about how great Europe is? All true.

Look, yes, it's a stagnant continent that's on the eve of a neo-fascist turn, but that's just because we care about the little guy or whatever. Unlike Americans we're not obsessed with money and profits, sometimes it's about uh... blood and soil, apparently, judging by recent election results. Don't worry about this. Think about pretty castles or something. Orange man bad! Just don't look up any European leaders or election results.

Never you mind that millions of Europeans live in America and that doesn't happen in reverse. Don't think too hard about why that might be. Think instead about trains! You love em, we got em. Choo choo. Haha, you love trains. You should swap with me. Sometimes they even run! Ignore the tent cities around train stations, those are just because it's illegal to build housing. Because we care about protecting our neighbourhoods. You know, from people that might want to live in them.

You don't want to start a business. That's not for people like you and me. It's for our betters, the people who started businesses two hundred years ago and can afford to navigate the maze they've put behind them preventing anyone else from ever starting a business. No, what you want is a generous minimum wage for all the minimum wage work that you'll do. Well, I mean, probably not. It's very hard to get minimum wage work, don't check the unemployment rates. No, what you want is to put your feet up and relax in the sun. We don't have much sun, but you know, in principle.

Yep siree bob, Europe sure is great. Is it the future? Probably

*thousand yard stare*