How It Works (and Why It Doesn’t)

How It Works (and Why It Doesn’t)

Europe Isn’t What the American Left—or the Far Right—Thinks

What Americans misunderstand when they look across the Atlantic

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Rocco Pendola
Jan 20, 2026
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After more than a year living in Spain, I’ve discovered common ground between the American left and far right.

They’re both wrong about Europe.

This matters immensely if you want to move here or just want a better understanding of move-abroad surface scratches. A discourse dominated by the same romanticized and rhetorical ground.

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