Don&#x27;t believe all of the sordid descriptions of what life in the US is like.  That narrative is currently en vogue, and some news outlets with an agenda (or a demographic to please) are pushing it rather aggressively, but it&#x27;s not really accurate.  Americans give 10% of GDP to private social charities. That dwarfs all Europeans countries.  We have a preference for voluntary and private charity. Europeans prefer compulsory and centralized.