See, that's the type of language that scares people when it comes to the US.
"socialist state"
The US is the Wild West. Everything goes. But unfortunately the playing field isn't level. The top dogs can legally bribe the government through legal campaign contributions and of course through lobbying. That's literally legalized bribery.
Just because Canada and EU countries don't have things like this, it doesn't make them "socialist." We spend less money per capita on health care and we still have universal health coverage for everyone. Actually, let's use health care as an example of why nothing works in the US. Check out this list: List of countries by total health expenditure (PPP) per capita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USA spends the most (and this is both looking at per capita expenditure and percent of GDP) while it has one of the worst health care systems in the OECD.
The government barely ever functions properly. Lobby groups and corporations have ultimate power in the country. Salaries are some of the lowest in the OECD. Living conditions are some of the worst in the OECD. Crime rates are some of the highest in the OECD. Income inequality is some of the worst, if not the worst, in the OECD.
Then there's the society itself. When there's debate over whether or not the theory of evolution should be thought in schools or whether or not creationism should replace it (as it has done in some schools), then there's something very wrong.
European countries/AUS/NZ/Canada etc... are much more liveable places with much more progressive ideas.
I don't wanna make excuses for everything which is going on in US. But, I need to say a few points:
USA has the highest GDP per capita in OECD, so it is not surprising that costs are higher than other OECD countries. As I told you before, you have more freedom in US, this includes insurance as well. Maybe some people do not want some type of insurance or ... can we force them to pay for something that they don't want? In addition, I think that quality of health services are much higher in US than other countries. You pay more, but you will be treated better as well.
I don't know what you mean by government does not function. we pay the least amount of tax in whole western world, so we should not expect the government to do anything like what socialist or social-democratic governments do. BTW, I don't know what you mean by progressive, but I suggest you to compare GDP growth rate of USA, and EU. I think that could be a measure for comparing countries in terms of being progressive.
Was it easy for you to adjust into US life in your earliest time in US? or how long did you take to get used to it?
It didn't took too much time. I adapted to US very quickly.
If somebody does not come from some special backgrounds, like religious extremists, or some ultra retarded societies like some arabian countries, or something like that, and if you could find some friends, from both USA, and your country of origin, It would not take too much of time
It took just about a couple of months for me to adapt to USA.
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