• jaxxed@lemmy.ml
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    6 hours ago

    Can we not bother deciding who was the biggest nightmare, and instead focus on finding models for the best countries.

    I am so sick of the “at least the USSR had…” or “at least China does…” conversation. Can’t we have a “Finland has high happiness, broad socialist protections, and a fast moving economy” kind of conversations.

    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      The point is that foreigners influence elections all the time, all over the world.

      Americans meddle all the time, but are the only one that start crying when it’s done to them.

    • AufusagandR@lemmynsfw.com
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      5 hours ago

      But that would be productive and worthwhile, to talk about actual policy or PISA findings or how to move forward to make the world a better place! Wouldn’t you rather bicker about old enmities in the context of nationalism?