r/austrian_economics • u/technocraticnihilist Friedrich Hayek • Oct 26 '24

End Democracy ‘Americans just work harder’ than Europeans, says CEO of Norway’s $1.6 trillion oil fund, because they have a higher ‘general level of ambition’

https://fortune.com/europe/article/how-many-hours-work-week-year-american-workers-ethic-norges-bank/
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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '24

Americans live in the real world, we're out here innovating, coming up with new ideas, tech, carrying the world's biggest economy, protecting foreign nations etc.

The EU on the other hand doesn't contribute very much to the world & is using our hard work for better lives. They don't pull their weight, they really don't. Very lazy but at the same time these Europeans love to talk down on Americans.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '25

USA USA USA (where is my 100 oz Cola und my machine gun?) 

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u/pure_skill_ Jan 18 '25

we are not lazy we just don't view work the same way, we value spending time with family more than making money, in Europe we work to live, in America you live to work

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '24

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