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Also if splitting it by approx. the countries population it gets even lower. Finland has like 5.6 of ca. 450 million EU inhabitants. So that number goes down to like 100 people.
Finland is claiming that their health system cannot take in a hundred patients? If i was Finnish i would leave immediately and seek refugee, as their system must be at imminent collapse, according to their government.
Neoliberal conservative government practices neoliberal conservatism.
They also have an openly racist party in the government. Sannfinländarna, meaning "The true Finns"
Neoliberal conservative = Fascist Adjacent.
I'm Finnish and I know you're joking, but you're honestly not missing the truth much.
This place is absolutely overrated. "Happiest country in the world"? No, it isn't and no such study ever measures Finns Happiness.
I wonder how many of these studies are made by the tourism branch of economy to attract travellers.
Anyways, hope you're doing fine up there :)
I don't know if it was a tourism board or whatnot, but I know the misunderstanding there was. The study was about contentedness, not happiness per se, and in Finnish culture, complaining is sort of frowned upon, so basically some interviewers went on the street in several countries, and took down how people said they feel about something. And they ask if a Finnish person is content. And Finns don't really complain, so... next thing you know the study is being touted as having measured happiness and Finns having topped the list.
Can't complain, thanks.
The nearby countries are either already doing their part, themselves being attacked by Israel either overtly or covertly, or both.
Sure, xenophobia isn't SURPRISING at this point. Doesn't justify it, though.
Pure far right propaganda bullshit. Immigrants are on average a net improvement to the economy of the destination, refugees especially so. The vast majority of people making use of social safety nets are native born.
Sincerely, Dane with no foreign ancestry in at least a dozen generations who's sick of all the xebophobic demagoguery from the people pretending to speak for him.
Ah, a Nordic neighbour. I can recognise the "no my racism isn't racism and I know better than you" attitude. Very prevalent here, very normal.
With "my attitude"? Do elaborate. What is this attitude of mine that is DIRECTLY causing children to be contract killers? I doubt that you can.
Here's the thing. The amount of assumptions you make show you aren't a person who considers the things they think / say. Which means you're extremely vulnerable to racist rhetoric, and don't even know it.
The words you're using. "People like you." "Immediately" "ANY". No, I don't "immediately" call anything racist. You're just a very obvious one.
Yeah, I know lots of people who have been chanting that since, well, forever. Pretty much one step up from the people standing on soap boxes yelling "the end of days is coming." It never does.
"I'm using flimsy rationale for my racism so I can't be racist."
Honestly, if I had 1€ every time I hear that...
Far away from...? Your country? Do you understand that we live in a global society? There's a reason those refugees are seeking refuge.
I too hope to get far away from the Nordics, but not because of some bullshit doomsday scenarios I'm imagining, but because of people like you — people who just refuse to understand there's a wider world than your little country, that there might be a reason to help people even when it costs you. I'm sure you understand that if your neighbor's house is on fire, it's in your interest to help him put it out.