Change of Thought

Hi Fwends!

So i have now officially been in Denmark for about 1 week. I have seen many things but the one thing i think i see is a change in the way i am perceving things. My Dad once told me that he would accept us moving out of the country one day if we wanted to. When i originally heard this i bocked at such a concept. Why would i want to leave the good old US of A! I thought about it and i simply couldn't see it. Cheap gas, cheap items, big cities, movies, action, all that stuff. But while i have been in Denmark only 1 week...i feel as if i am starting to see a whole new side, that perhaps there is something wrong with my country. When u have never been outside your own country you will never see it. But in these last seven days, i am starting to be convinced that there is something wrong with my country. Talking to people of other nations has also opened my mind to new thoughts and viewpoints. I see Denamrk, and i see this; mass public transportation, almost no homeless people, little to no cars, families in parks, a population that does not need to be pestered by police 24/7 but rather a society that follows the laws and thus receives respect from the police. People in my country say socialism is bad. I once thought it was. They told me it was bad, it is an evil. But i look at denmark and i see not an evil, but a nation that is moving forward. Education costs nothing here. Government helps pay for tuiition and board. Health care does not cost a families savings. I see this and i realize that i think i have been wrong my whole life. Something is wrong with my country. Materialism, capitalism, militarism, call it what you may. But one thing is certain. In 7 short days. The view of my nation has changed forever.