Holland Is So Cool….

As suggested in this short video, The Netherlands is really kicking butt in the world, in terms of nearly everything that matters.  Perhaps the U.S. could take some direction from people who are getting it right. 

Of course, this encompasses the amazing work they’ve done in the migration to renewable energy and clean transportation, but it goes much further.  In America, we have mass incarceration in private prisons; yes, we profit from others’ misery.  Holland has had to close 19 prisons in the last eight years because the prisoner population is falling so steeply.

Those thinking about taking a hike from the U.S. should consider it carefully.  The language is not a piece of cake (for me, at least) but almost everyone speaks excellent English.   Great food, incredible art/culture, great educational system, and best of all: happy, kind and healthy people who consider themselves citizens of the world.  Doesn’t get much better.