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		the_mitsuhiko on Feb 26, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How poverty changes your mindset > America was founded by people who fled Europe because they didn't fit in there I'm pretty sure most of that influx of people predates the European wealthfare states and modern democracies.

trashtester on Feb 26, 2018 | [–]

It could (and has been) argued that the welfare state is the continuation of feudal society by different means.

jacobush on Feb 26, 2018 | [–]

You could still make an argument that the two kinds of societies had different kinds of soil.

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