EU Mad, US Mum: Rising rage over cuts too far from America?

Protests have raged across Europe over government austerity measures, with populations angered that they're having to pay for other's mistakes. Meanwhile, Americans facing similar struggles have shown very little passion, compared to the fury displayed overseas. Priya Sridhar takes a look at why Europeans are doing better at trying to protect their pockets.

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• EU debt crisis
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[EisenFeuer]

'theoretical freedoms'? What complete idiots. Zero understanding of history and the meaning of freedom and self-government.

[sealhunter5]

Just eliminate the EU BANKSTERS and return back to a free EUROPE Individual currencies .

Problem solved>

[SapoArdente]

Western democracies are in a pathetic state! Especially in the USA! American "democracy" is clearly owned by the super rich oligarchs!

WAKE UP FUNKING AMERICANS SHEEPS BEFORE IS TO LATE!

[CornFedArmen]

so------the europeans think they should be able to retire at 40 and the americans think they should sell their organs on the black market in order to give bank execs more bonus $. wtf? has everyone gone insane?

[sonofaglitch2]

Social spending...a lovely euphemism for the vast theft of citizens' wealth.

[medini2]

@allespenner some cities in the usa are doubling the amt of flouride put in the water. i suspect it is in canned foods and all processed foods as well.

[allespenner]

Drink Sodium Fluoride and you will turn into a sheep.

[ronheri]

We Americans have been drinking all that flouride and aspertane, affecting our brain cells; that being said...the great American middleclass is waking up and we have something they don't have over there... the second ammendent. God Bless America. Ron Paul 2012!

[jonnyy40]

@TsarSamuil America 'is' a Republic.Or that is what it was and hopefully will be again.

[600YamahaJunkie]

America is soo fucked up right now. If I had the money I'd get out. Or start nuking our GOVT till they glow and shooting em' in the dark.

[tdr124]

3:19 shows a small portion of the $533bn wiped from the sweat of your brow America. I always will support troops and always wanted to join the military but I have always felt war is just a waste. Wars in the past may have been justified but not these ones, every year it seems like we get a new reason as to why they started. War is just a waste of Life and Resources. People die while our money literally goes up in flames!

[Sismiques]

@LibertaerUeberAlles

@LibertaerUeberAlles

Wrong!

"That the proletariat needs only the state which is withering away".-Marx,Lenin,Tito