@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io *lots* of Europeans have tried to claim exactly that to me—“I’m from Sweden/England(no really)/wherever and we just don’t have racism like you do in the US!” is a weirdly common sentiment to come across.

I think believing those people is painfully naive, esp when its so obviously an excuse to avoid actually doing the work, but I can see how—esp in concert with things like guns where that’s actually mostly true—it’d lead to a misperception that moving to Europe for ‘better politics’ is actually viable