I can not understand why the overwhelming majority of Europeans would buy this bilge given that they can see how well it's worked for the overwhelming majority of Americans.  We have no health care, no pensions, no job protection.  Environmental, safety, and health regulations have been gutted, to the extent they existed in the first place.  Capital and credit structures are chaos.  Transportation infrastructure has been decaying for years and has effectively no capacity to address increasing fuel prices.  In spite of our agricultural capacity, we are a net food importer.  Decent education is available only if you can afford to live in the right place.  We have a regressive tax structure.  And we may have the most economically rigid society in the industrialized West; the only economic mobility is down.

If this sounds like a system you would like to emulate, by all means buy a ticket and get on board.