I see what you mean.
A normally intelligent person in the US will, by working hard, soon aquire a very good standard of living. In many parts of Europe this is much harder (because working hard means you’re supporting Capitalism).
While Scandinavians admire the Southern Europeans from many perspectives, we Northerners think the European Union is in for some major reshaping.
Germany and France will listen to us.
The Eu’s downfall will be the fact that it demands to rule from the top down by unelected Kommissars.
The states rights will go out of the window. In the US it is exactly the opposite. States rights will always dominate.