Yep, in a second.
If I never again have to research which of my health providers are in or out of the insurance network for the coverage tied to my new job, or spend a full business week debugging a cascading collection of healthcare company bureaucratic and billing fuck-ups, or be nervous about layoffs making my health insurance exorbitantly expensive, it’ll be too fucking soon.
As a German, I think I would. Given that it is good and just.
Im from the US, and Ive always looked at Germany with envy, though I’m definitely not a fan of their decisions regarding Nuclear energy, or lack thereof
Pretty sure we Germans already live in such a country, don’t we?
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I would argue that Germany is not a socialist country. Politics are targeted at the already wealthy and cooperations.
I’m not versed enough in politics and history to give detailed examples. I’m just a normal guy. However, I’m currently listening to the Jung & Naiv podcast on Spotify.
In episode 661 they discuss the development of the housing sector since the 1950s and very little in the 18th century. The important information is that the housing sector grew from being socialist to being a housing market.
I think they mention that in the 50s there existed a “Kostenmiete” (Cost-rent). That would only be allowed by law to be as high as it needed to be to cover the costs for building the house/flat. The owners were not allowed to make profit exceeding 3.5%. Any profit had to be put into housing again to keep the housing sector growing. Around that time the state was heavily supporting housing unions and other groups (not cooperations) to build housing. The state itself built 500.000 !!! appartments a year. Last year the interview says they built 6 appartments. Six, in case you thought you read a typo.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ At least in the housing market we are not socialist anymore and it becomes worse every year. Education becomes worse every year. The medical sector becomes worse every year. Public transport becomes worse every year. Loans do not keep up with inflation. Everything becomes more expensive.
Yes, we are better off than many. But are we not just richer slaves with more benefits than others? The interview says that there exist studies that estimate 11 million households to qualify for social housing. In some cities that is 60% of their population. 60% quality for social housing. Are we alright?
This is basically the million dollar question and also the source of confusion, when one person thinks of socialism they could be thinking of either social democracy, like modern Germany, or a communist state like the DDR… so depending on your point of view, you’ll have a different answer
My impression is that Germany is considered a social democracy. Maybe it is towards the milder end of the spectrum but still fits the definition.
As an outsider I think Germany has got a lot of things right, and found a good balance. Not perfect, but good.
Define socialism. The original and technically correct definition and the colloquial modern definition are wildly different from one another.
I’d emigrate to the DPRK if I could, and if they’d take me.
It costs something like $3,000 to renounce U$ citizenship, and that’s only if you’re able to get citizenship somewhere else.
Even for the few people with skills in demand elsewhere, it’s prohibitively expensive.
No. I would stay here to work toward improving social programs in the U.S.
Sure, as long as it is unopposed the world and has access to every natural resources on earth.
I’ve recently connected with distant family in Norway. I’ve visited Norway 3 times. I would love to relocate to Norway.
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
If I could find somewhere with good social and economic policies and good weather, I’d already be living there. But all the good places are cold.
Cold, or are very restrictive in immigration policies. And even places with good (comparitive to USA) policies, decent weather, and manageable immigration like Australia and New Zealand, their housing situation is even worse than USA and Canada from what I’ve heard. :(
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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.
Yes.
Next question.
I think the question is pretty loaded, aka “Believe in” to start with.
In addition, the definition of socialism matters a lot in this question too. Do you mean full blown communism, or include social democracies as seen in Europe.Yeah, tempting to move somewhere better, but this is what I know, and would love to make a difference here.
With settler-descendants the way they are now, the literal last thing I’m thinking about is sacrificing my life for one of theirs. There is no love in me for ‘my fellow countrymen’ anymore; just the constant shrieking instinct in the back of my head that y’all are unsafe and I need to get out of here before the jackboots start goosestepping down Main Street,
I think a better question would be “if you had to choose another country to live in based on its government policies, which would you choose?” If I was up for moving to another country, I’d go to one of the “socialist” Nordic countries in a heartbeat, but I’ve already destroyed my social life once with a long-distance move and I don’t think I could handle doing it again.
If by socialist policies you mean ruled by a communist party then hell yes. It would be a dream come true to live in for example China.
