[OC] Real minimum wages 2021Submitted by Klutzy_Ambition5445 t3_11f6vzb in dataisbeautiful
AftyOfTheUK t1_jap8mrg wrote
Reply to comment by sKY--alex in [OC] Real minimum wages 2021 by Klutzy_Ambition5445
>But the EU obviously isn’t nearly as intertwined as the US
It is nearly as intertwined as the US and, since the addition of more recent states, has a similar level of income inequality across constituent states.
The US is FAR more like the US than it is unlike it.
>it would take decades or maybe even centuries to close the big cap between the rich and poor countries.
... a lot like the gaps between US states, today?
>The idea of one big european country is so young, that it simply doesn’t make sense to group the countries all together into one stat
Just like it doesn't make sense to group the US states together into one stat. The differences are of similar magnitudes.
In fact, the US states rights means that there are generally far MORE differences between US states than there are between EU countries. Take abortion as one example. There are many more.
>But the US has been a country for centuries, the regional differences aren’t as big
Disagree, the regional differences are VERY similar since the introduction of Eastern European states.
Before that, the US was actually MORE disparate and had more differences than Europe!
sKY--alex t1_japgfds wrote
You can’t be serious, that you think that the US has more differences than a whole continent made out of twice as many people living in 50 countries all with their own cultures and traditions. I don’t even know why all people from the US really want to believe that their state is sooo different from the others, I visited and lived in many different places in the US, and it’s all more or less the same, the difference are minimal against differences between whole countries.
AftyOfTheUK t1_jaq6e7g wrote
>You can’t be serious, that you think that the US has more differences than a whole continent made out of twice as many people living in 50 countries
You keep saying "countries" like it matters, like it's different to a "state" in any way other than legal. In the US states have their own laws, and are part of the federal US which has overbearing laws. In the EU, countries have their own laws and are part of the federal EU, which has overbearing laws.
Take this as an example - the Scandinavian countries are Denmark, Finland and Sweden. The West Coast states are California, Seattle and Oregon.
I'll tell you now that there is MASSIVELY more cultural diversity in those three US states than there is in the Scandinavian countries.
The differences between California and Mississipi, for example, are very large, just like the differences between France and Bulgaria.
You seem to be assuming that Europe has far more differences than the US, but you don't seem to state why. They all (well, most) have different languages, sure - but CULTURALLY they are very close together. And from a legal point of view and from a tax point of view, there is a LOT of congruence in Europe that does not exist in the US.
>I don’t even know why all people from the US really want to believe that their state is sooo different from the others
California -> Mississipi is truly, unbelievable different. California is about as good as it gets in the modern world, Mississipi is pretty much third world.
>the US, and it’s all more or less the same, the difference are minimal against differences between whole countries.
I'm sorry, I just can't agree with this. I've lived in the UK, the US, France and spent time working in Eastern Europe. Financially, culturally, legally there is a lot of uniformity across the EU.
I wouldn't want to say which (EU or US) has more disparity - but once you ignore language, those differences are very comparable.
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