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If I was given a chance to emigrate to Finland, I would jump at the chance. I might be willing to emigrate to Norway. Possibly Czechia, Slovakia, or Hungary.
I'm very much a pro-2A kind of anarchist/libertarian socialist; there are not many countries that preserve the individual right to keep and bear arms while also having state-level socialist policies.
A country having socialist policies would not be a primary reason. It would be whether this hypothetical country's socialist policies translate to a better life for myself and my family.
I mean I already do, we have publicly funded services like firefighters and emergency medical care, the problem is the shit like that we don't do because sounding too socialist scares the boomers
I'm a Canadian, but if I had to pick another country to live in it'd be one of the Scandinavian countries. They always top the global charts on happiest and healthiest people and that's almost exclusively due to governments providing very generous social programs. I wouldn't even have to adjust to the cold weather! The hardest part would be learning how to pronounce things like tjugosju
So according to most people commenting here the spectrum of socialist countries goes something like this:
no socialism (USA) - some meaningless socialist policies but not real socialism (Europe) - absolutely nothing for a very long time - socialism (North Korea and China)
Nice...
Yep, in a second.
If I never again have to research which of my health providers are in or out of the insurance network for the coverage tied to my new job, or spend a full business week debugging a cascading collection of healthcare company bureaucratic and billing fuck-ups, or be nervous about layoffs making my health insurance exorbitantly expensive, itβll be too fucking soon.
I don't want to leave my family, my community or the places I live near that I love. But if I could trade out my government for Iceland's or Norway's, I would in a heart beat.
In a heartbeat.
But not just any country. I don't like cold weather.
Makes cuddling more fun but Im also from Minnesota so take my bias with a grain of leftse
Yes.
Next question.
I feel like leaving would be an admission that things cannot change, that the fight is not worth fighting. I find that kind of mindset is not good, one must always be ready to stand for what they believe to be right or can they truly say they believe in it?
Sure, Denmark sounds nice. Before they decided to start genociding the disabled I'd have gone with Canada.
Is this because of the three times a nurse suggested MAID at a bad time or is Canada actually doing something
No. I would stay here to work toward improving social programs in the U.S.
I've recently connected with distant family in Norway. I've visited Norway 3 times. I would love to relocate to Norway.
I would if my career and hobby were the same as it is here. No other place on this rock is though.