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[โ€“] ExLisper@linux.community 10 points 2 years ago

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...

[โ€“] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (8 children)

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.

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[โ€“] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

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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

[โ€“] s20@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

Yes.

Next question.

[โ€“] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)
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[โ€“] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

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

[โ€“] Professorozone@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

In a heartbeat.

But not just any country. I don't like cold weather.

[โ€“] Rakonat@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Makes cuddling more fun but Im also from Minnesota so take my bias with a grain of leftse

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[โ€“] Godnroc@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

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?

[โ€“] joeyv120@ttrpg.network 6 points 2 years ago

No. I would stay here to work toward improving social programs in the U.S.

[โ€“] HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sure, Denmark sounds nice. Before they decided to start genociding the disabled I'd have gone with Canada.

[โ€“] Aabbcc@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is this because of the three times a nurse suggested MAID at a bad time or is Canada actually doing something

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[โ€“] Blapoo@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Emigrating from the US was the best decision of my life

[โ€“] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago

My grandmother was born in the US not quite 2 years after her parents immigrated. I think semi-often that if she had been born in Sweden I'd be eligible for a passport. I suspect that if the barrier to entry were that low I'd have made the move.

I've recently connected with distant family in Norway. I've visited Norway 3 times. I would love to relocate to Norway.

[โ€“] AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

If it was someplace in Europe, absolutely. I would have zero qualms about ditching this dystopia. Sure, other places have their issues, but few are as bad the the US. With the far right takeover of the Supreme Court, it won't be very long until the "land of the free" is no freer than Russia or China.

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