corrupt under the gilded surface and currently ruled by US-style corporate shills
the rest is pretty great tho
Would the media just please stop sucking our dicks for 5 seconds, please? We're not that great.
I literally just saw a WaPo article elsewhere, where our economic development was blamed on the euro. That might be partially or wholly true but we definitely have shit we need to fix.
Unfortunately unlikely Finland will remain amongst the best countries in these categories in the coming years.
it might not be polluted but it's full of miserable cunts
judging by this thread only? this is Finland, being miserable, bitter and jealous is the cornerstone of our culture
That's what Finland does to you. Finns are happiest when they're miserable.
What's the secret to being as miserable as a Finn?
Wait, you mean INFRA isn't actually fictitious? Is Helsinki about to completely collapse and cave in on itself?
It's better to be miserable in a good and clean country, than pretend to be happy in a fucking awful one.
I mean this is how Sarajevo looks like every winter.
http://avaz.ba/media/2016/05/13/99400/567bf6b3-4b14-402c-b07e-5d540a0a0a64-sarajevo-okovano-maglom-i-smogom.jpg
This is literally the most unsurprising news about Finland I've seen in many years.
Here is Finland's population density:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Population_map_of_Finland.svg/1200px-Population_map_of_Finland.svg.png
As you can see, on average there lives 41 people in a one square mile. Out of 249 countries ranked, Finland is in place number 216.
This is what Finland looks to most foreigners:
https://nit.pt/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/abbdbc832bc9c687666b2b4bc87f700a-754x394.jpg
Well, this is how most of Finland actually looks like:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4327/35182243743_8fbca9e7b9_b.jpg
Bamboozled again.
And that's why you're happiest and better overall
Nah, this is what most of Finland looks like:
https://i.imgur.com/Und3050.jpg
Mostly trees, some lakes.
Grass is always greener
As in genuinely, the current government is defunding education, healthcare and the social security net; and giving multi-billion tax breaks to corporations. They're taking a system that works and are making it worse.
I do wonder what's gonna happen after the 80's Neoliberal cancer has metastasized to complete breaking point. If anyone's causing the fall of the western civilization, it sure as hell isn't 'the left', it's these cunts. It's so depressing to watch this happen in real time.
Who'd have thought that vaporised alcohol from all the saunas would produce the cleanest air around.
Simo Hayha didn't cop several hundred Reds in the dome by being happy, son.
the goverment doesn't feel like they really give a shit about the near future or any other long-term shit, they just want short-term results so they can pat eachother in the back for doing nothing
"Plot of rural Scandinavian landscape commonly referred to as "Finland" found to have the cleanest air on Earth."
study finds finland ok
Many are shocked when they learn that corruption and bad things exist. They lament these problems yet can't name a country that would be better, especially for a low income individual.
This is the story for Europe in general atm, I think. Right-wing neoliberals dismantling what brought our countries to such high rankings on international lists in the first place. I really hope this neoliberal, third way age will soon be over.
so what you're saying is that just because i have a roof over my head, i've no real reason to complain about the corporate slime infesting our government and driving our welfare state into shit?
yes, we're not Somalia. that doesn't change the fact that we still have the fucking right to expect better of our so-called leaders. the parliament represents US, THE PEOPLE, not themselves or their cronyist interests.
how about i make you live on a diet of dry bread, and when you ask for some butter on it, i kick you in the head and tell you that you have no reason to complain just because a guy somewhere else in the world is eating shit.
and yes, based on what i've heard and learned, i actually can name a country that would better: Sweden. they don't seem to be turning into the first prototype of a north European corporatocracy soon.
Whoa there, I don't disagree with your criticisms. On average we're still better off than pretty much anywhere else (besides Norway because they have money). Sweden isn't doing so hot at all right now politically or socially.
That's good, I'm just glad I don't live in some shithole like Beijing or Delhi, I'd probably get cancer after a few months.
Hey! That's the British national pastime. You're not allowed it.
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