What countries in Europe are not capitalist? Genuine question. And who has less personal freedoms in your opinion?

I'm genuinely curious, could you elaborate?

Which European countries would you consider to be socialist? Or perhaps a better question is what makes a country socialist?

Which personal freedoms are different in the US vs Europe?

I've lived in both US and Europe, and have an opinion on this, but really would like your take.

This is just American nonsense. Literally every single country in Europe is capitalist. Socialism is the democratic ownership of the means of production. Nowhere do we have that in Europe. Frankly this is the real problem with America, about half the population are extremely poorly educated and yet extremely arrogant. A deadly combination, clearly, as it’s led to the very sudden decline and fall of the American Empire.

Europe is also capitalist. The last time I checked we had stock exchanges, corporations, and private property laws.

Those don't seem like the best reasons. European and American economics are pretty close. Europe isn't socialist, it has broader welfare system than the US, but the US has significant welfare systems as well.

I've lived in the US and in Europe and the UK. Shared culture is still very significant. If anything, maybe even closer now than in the 90s.

There's probably other reasons to think about the why and how of alliances than these.

  > socialism vs capitalism

I guess this might be a matter of conditioning. You might live in an environment where concepts around the stem "social" has become a pejorative. In that way it is understandable that a term like "social democrat" is interpreted as "communist". There does not exist anything you imagine like that.

What is different is that there is more opposition and cultural resistance to hyper capitalism. Think monopolies, corporatism, live-to-work, hustle-culture.

With regards to any messaging about "freedom" in the USA, be vigilant, I do think people will be unpleasantly surprised about what has been transacted away. Personal freedoms are indeed extremely important, so zero Schadenfreude here. And yes, those lobby groups in the EU fail to get their stupid anti-encryption laws passed, but they keep trying, so it is frightening. Citizens and visitors of the Five Eyes have lost any privacy already, but we need all of us to fight back.

TLDR: it is better to cooperate around common causes than to fight imaginary opponents. We are in the same boat.

I genuinely can't tell whether you are serious or trolling. Please tell me more about how Europe is socialist.

Or what does that even mean to you. Is socialism when state exists? You are not first American to say that, and every time it happens, I'm genuinely surprised. (I mean, rhetorical question. I suppose that's what socialism is to you. And you are a part of a problem too, because you are growing up internally people who genuinely believe that socialism is good because it means healthcare and higher education. Words no longer have meaning to you in America.)

> Different ideas on economics (socialism vs capitalism) and personal freedoms, lack of a shared cultural background anymore, etc.

In other words, you mean there isn't any country that you think could be an ally to the US?

Can you name any?