Should Americans be granted asylum in Europe?

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Apart from anything else, the OP suggests he has little idea how bad the 1861-65 war actually was.

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And there was a "geographic division" in the Civil War, yes - but there was a bit more to it than that.

In reality, communities and families were split asunder. And there was significant pro-South sentiment in the North, whilst even in the Confederacy every state save South Carolina provided a non-negligible (and in some cases quite significant) number of troops for the Union.

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Millions more Europeans immigrate to the United States than the reverse — which only makes sense, given how much higher the standard of living is in the United States relative to typical Western European countries.

The typical WE country has more vacation time, a greater safety net, longer lifespans, higher education rates, and consistently trade between each other for "happiest nation", and no gun deaths, and you don't hear much about homeless encampments.

There are certainly reasons for the lack of American expats, but living standards ain't it.

Genuinely amusing how much *some* Yanks see Western Europe as a dystopian hellhole.