Finland provides affordable healthcare. My left ear was damaged by a doctor who refused to fix it, because we were poor, we couldn’t take legal action or afford to fix my ear. I was nearly deaf in my right ear for all of my teens and twenties. When I moved to Finland, it was simple to fix and only costed me 40€ (approximately 41/42$). Compared to the estimated 12k they were going to charge me back home it was a god send.
The vegetables are vastly cheaper and better quality. Despite Virgina, and where I am from being farming land, they only farm soy, cotton, and what we called “horse corn». Here, Finland has an intense growing season that is short but plentiful. Rutabagas, Beets, Carrots, Potatoes, Tomatoes, are all vegetables I have seen locally sourced from Finland. You can get 2kg of Rutabegas for .59/kg! I was never able to find that kinda deal back home, even at farmer markets. So eating healthy is definitely easier here than it was back home.
Public Transportation is common and amazing. We didn’t have buses where I lived, and sidewalks? Hah! funny. Street crossing signs and areas? nope. The buses are not the cleanest, but they are clean even when they have been carting people all day, they remain pretty clean.
Education, okay, well this one is a two bladed sword. I am studying finnish currently, and while they do suck at teaching their own language but they are teaching about proper nutrition! Which is pretty awesome if you ask me. It’s great that they want to make sure even immigrants, like me, are healthy!
Streets are clean, the forest is clean, the lakes are swimmable. There is very little pollution, and they are working to further cut back on pollution still. Recycling is a major thing as well, and it isnt difficult to find a way to recycle.
Food safety is a thing. In America, look at any ingredient list and you will find an INSANE amount of addatives and other crap. HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) is in EVERYTHING it seems. Bread isnt suppose to be sweet but HFCS is there! In Finland such things are banned, most ingredient lists are short because it only contains natural ingredients! It may not last as long, but at least my body is no longer being pumped full of junk.
For me, a developed nation is one in which it cares for it’s people. That accepts science when it says “this affects your health negatively», and says “we don’t want our people sick»
Is it a developed nation? I think so, yes, is it done developing? Not by a long shot.
The laws are still a bit sticky and buracracy is an annoying and painfully slow process. However Finland has the capacity for change that I don’t really see elsewhere. I respect that in Finland.
“ Finland as state – it is like the most respected state in the whole world. For example between WWI and WWII Poland invaded everyone around (Lithuania, Czechoslovakia, Soviet Belarus), ended up being defeated by Hitler and then Stalin, occupied by USSR and now they whine a lot about evil commies and occupation while Finland minded its own business, defended itself from USSR (how can Russians not respect Finns after their masterful and determined defence during Winter war?), was neutral in Cold War and didn’t join NATO. Poland therefore is seen as a bully who was too weak to handle bigger bullies and therefore plays crybaby, while Finland is seen as a badass country with dignity and honor.
The only bad thing about Finland if you want to find one is their participation in Siege of Leningrad. This is not something that can be entirely forgotten or forgiven, but that’s it – the only grudge.
Nice job Finns! You didn’t bow to USSR or Third Reich or later USA, you did really well. Your country is among ones with best education and medicine, you enjoy true freedom and prosperity despite facing dire threats along your history. Well done, it is an example everyone should look up to!”
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una sociedad ordenada, en paz, sin conflictos, honesta, predecible, limpia y rica,
!coño esa es Cuba!
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y ud tiene una edad mental … como 11 o 12 años más o menos
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Al autor de la loa le faltó agregar que Finlandia tiene una densidad de población bajísima.
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Es cierto que tiene una baja densidad y además son pocos pero también es cierto que es lo que más se acerca a lo que al menos yo veo como una sociedad ideal.
Mucha colaboración, salud, limpieza, honestidad, eficiencia, respeto por los demás, prosperidad más un largo etc.
Buena distribución de la riqueza sin caer en contradicciones típicas de los demás países que intentan algo parecido.
Ya creo que es conocido como pienso sobre el tema distribución pero lo aclaro de nuevo. No me parece bueno la redistribución de la riqueza porque considere que la igualdad es una meta sino porque la distribución (dentro de los parámetros básicos del capitalismo desde ya porque dónde salen de ese marco, el desastre es inevitable donde sea) hace que nuestros instintos o pasiones a los que les resulta difícil aceptar diferencias sociales muy marcadas reducen su incidencia en la política del país en cuestión. Cuando la desigualdad es muy elevada, se hace muy difícil los acuerdos políticos necesarios para una óptima organización. Organización imprescindible para lograr estados sociales como el islandés (o finlandés o sueco o noruego o danés por dar otros ejemplos similares).
Si no fuera por el conflicto permanente que provoca la desigualdad, me importaría un carajo que unos sean tan ricos como se les de la gana y el pobre sea tan pobre como se merece por no ocuparse de sus vidas.
Pero como deseo una sociedad ordenada, en paz, sin conflictos, honesta, predecible, limpia y rica, me parece un ejemplo a seguir estas sociedades.
Eso sí, jamás intentar lo mismo si no están dadas las condiciones culturales, geopolíticas, poblacionales e ideológicas. El fracaso puede ser brutal.
Para EEUU por ejemplo podría ser la peor opción. Como lo es para mí país que venimos buscando algo similar desde hace 70 años y cada día que pasa estamos peor. Y peor y peor y peor para seguir empeorando.
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Thomas Sowell es el mejor y el más completo.Ya terminé su libro ¨The quest for cosmic justice¨, que es una maravilla.
Aquí lo vemos haciendo mierda cuanta estupidez dice AOC.
La Alexandria es mucho más cretina que Biden, en realidad es una de las personas más cretinas del congreso, lo cual es un gran mérito dado el nivel de cretinismo que han demostrado tener muchos de nuestros representantes, solamente superado por el de aquellos que votan por ellos y los colocan ahí.
Biden no es tan cretino, solamente un pederasta corrupto con demencia senil y es un chiste de mal gusto, aparte de un peligro, que esté en la Casa Blanca. Los que votaron por él (hubo millones que SI li hicieron) sí lo son,
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