Instead of being smug Europeans could try to help foster solidarity amongst the workers of the world and help Americans fight for their labor rights

Ok, how do I, as an individual, do that?

By posting memes on Lemmy to piss off Americans, so they start to take formative action after they research the memes context and realise they don’t have free health care, cheap/free post secondary education, and mandatory holidays like the EU bros.

ie: Post them memes buddy!

Free healthcare does not exist. Someone will pay the bill. The bill may not be ridiculously inflated but someone pays.

I guess what Europeans mean by free healthcare is healthcare that doesn’t structurally fuck over the poor, and makes what’s left of the middle class poor as soon as they have a bit of bad luck regarding their health.

Most people that consider european healthcare free do not pay for healthcare because they are still studying. Healthcare is cheaper because the insurance companies are involved in paying the bills and negotiating prices where in the us there is no negotiation.

Healthcare is essentially a progressive tax in Germany. You pay based on your income - and none if you have none, but you get care based on your needs.

I pay around 1300€/month (split about equal between me and my employer, and I’m pretty well paid), even though I cost maybe 10€/month, and the rest is a form of solidarity. That also means, I will literally never be in a situation where I can’t pay for healthcare, even if I’m unemployed.