▲ 1269 ▼ Indistinguishable! (i.postimg.cc) submitted 2 years ago* by ZeroCool@feddit.ch to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 288 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Can we stop with the "many other countries" thing and just say Western Europe? We all know you're not referring to India. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Baines@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* you mean excluded literal autocratic dictatorships? that seems implied permalink fedilink source parent [–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago For that matter, even "Western Europe" covers a lot. This argument tends to rest on the overall better social safety net policies of those countries. When it comes to gay marriage, trans rights, abortion, or even racism, many of those western European countries don't survive the comparison looking quite so rosy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Baines@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* you mean excluded literal autocratic dictatorships? that seems implied permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago For that matter, even "Western Europe" covers a lot. This argument tends to rest on the overall better social safety net policies of those countries. When it comes to gay marriage, trans rights, abortion, or even racism, many of those western European countries don't survive the comparison looking quite so rosy. permalink fedilink source parent
