Reply #27: I wouldn't characterize it as dumb, just different

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When I lived in Europe, most people I knew were puzzled about the whole lack of universal health care, and also couldn't understand why anyone would want to own a gun. To them, University education is "free", though the government has a say in what you can major in.

Although they didn't like it, they readily accepted paying up to 50% of their income as taxes.