I wish.

Instead, some European countries - namely Italy and Poland - are steadily moving in the direction of the US, in terms of working conditions and workers’ rights.

Shifts longer than 8 hours, only ‘temporary’ contracts with no employee benefits or protections (because you’re not an ‘employee’). But the companies still demand you fulfill all or most requirements of a regular employment contract.

Illegal? As hell. Who cares? Nobody.

Funding for government institutions overseeing labour is constantly cut. Same excuse as DOGE. Cutting waste while also giving mega corporations tax breaks and not fining them when they are very evidently breaking the law.

If only.

Reverse 3 and 4

Once the kids are all grown up and out of the house my wife and I will buy something very affordable and small with a reasonablly sized garden in wherever there is barely enough infrastructure and internet and then hopefully can reduce the money making time to less than the self managed time.

But in this economy I will expect the kids to need us and this flat we pay for until they are 30…

Hah, eastern europe would like to disagree

I’m in the US and for certain people this could also be DINKmaxxing, this is what my wife and I do most weekends.

noone in europe has a job. got it