return2ozmaNon-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird?
corsicanguppyIt’s not the healthcare that bothered me most, although it did.
It’s the cognitive dissonance around the unavailability of healthcare in order to avoid anxiety over the fact that a traffic accident can bankrupt you with no relief. Ignoring the risk takes some serious mental gymnastics and basic math failure to get there, but when brought up in this environment - where a TV show about a teacher who has to cook and sell meth to get hospital money is actually a plausible plot where no one actually examines the mercenary care at all and the main character just pays it - it’s just a part of their existence.
Not understanding that few other people love like this - cubans don’t live like this - is absurd.
Yeah, as an American it’s disturbing and makes it hard to believe we can change things. You’ve described it very well.