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[–] resetbypeer@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 child) They are not for nothing the country with the happiest people on the planet. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) Of course our country is the happiest when all the severely unhappy people kill themselves. Also our current government is garbage and has several Nazis among its ranks. There is a brilliant editorial about the subject in English, this is the first that came to my mind: https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/david-mac-dougall-about-press-freedom-is-finland-sleepwalking-into-orbanisation-crucial-moment-for-orpo/8733706 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] resetbypeer@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (3 children) The garbage government seems to be not exclusive to Finland though. Concerning nevertheless. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago And regarding homelessness in Finland: here it takes actual effort to be homeless, as in living in the streets. I knew one person several summers ago who lived in a hammock because of a complicated scheme involving violence and money. One female friend broke up with her BF and lived with her friends until she got an apartment from another city, so she didn't have to live on the streets. permalink fedilink source parent [–] finder@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago Unfortunate none the less. Finland is great overall, even with the current government. permalink fedilink source parent [–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) There is no good government. You either have direct democracy or bad government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What's your opinion on switzerlands mixed system? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy#Switzerland permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago Better then representitve democray, worse then fully direct democracy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago Of course our country is the happiest when all the severely unhappy people kill themselves. This is such a tired and old take. We've advanced miles in getting suicides down and even with them they don't represent anywhere close to big enough group to move our ranking one way or another. permalink fedilink source parent [–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago To be honest, when you have half of the year filled with such long nights and it is generally cold, depression isn't really going to be as rare as in some more sunny countries. As for the nazzis, yeah, there is a trend in that. I think many voters get racist because of capitalism gets them in difficult economic situation and they fear migrants will take their jobs. And migrants are there in the first place because their regions got destroyed by wars for oil and CIA funded terrorist groups and global warming. So both wars and global warming are due to oil companies .And both difficult economic situations of the citizens and prioritization of profit for oil companies are due to capitalism. So overall, this is simply how capitalism works. It is a feature, not a bug. Without getting rid of capitalism, we will never be able to solve these issues. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) Of course our country is the happiest when all the severely unhappy people kill themselves. Also our current government is garbage and has several Nazis among its ranks. There is a brilliant editorial about the subject in English, this is the first that came to my mind: https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/david-mac-dougall-about-press-freedom-is-finland-sleepwalking-into-orbanisation-crucial-moment-for-orpo/8733706 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] resetbypeer@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (3 children) The garbage government seems to be not exclusive to Finland though. Concerning nevertheless. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago And regarding homelessness in Finland: here it takes actual effort to be homeless, as in living in the streets. I knew one person several summers ago who lived in a hammock because of a complicated scheme involving violence and money. One female friend broke up with her BF and lived with her friends until she got an apartment from another city, so she didn't have to live on the streets. permalink fedilink source parent [–] finder@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago Unfortunate none the less. Finland is great overall, even with the current government. permalink fedilink source parent [–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) There is no good government. You either have direct democracy or bad government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What's your opinion on switzerlands mixed system? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy#Switzerland permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago Better then representitve democray, worse then fully direct democracy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago Of course our country is the happiest when all the severely unhappy people kill themselves. This is such a tired and old take. We've advanced miles in getting suicides down and even with them they don't represent anywhere close to big enough group to move our ranking one way or another. permalink fedilink source parent [–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago To be honest, when you have half of the year filled with such long nights and it is generally cold, depression isn't really going to be as rare as in some more sunny countries. As for the nazzis, yeah, there is a trend in that. I think many voters get racist because of capitalism gets them in difficult economic situation and they fear migrants will take their jobs. And migrants are there in the first place because their regions got destroyed by wars for oil and CIA funded terrorist groups and global warming. So both wars and global warming are due to oil companies .And both difficult economic situations of the citizens and prioritization of profit for oil companies are due to capitalism. So overall, this is simply how capitalism works. It is a feature, not a bug. Without getting rid of capitalism, we will never be able to solve these issues. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] resetbypeer@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (3 children) The garbage government seems to be not exclusive to Finland though. Concerning nevertheless. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago And regarding homelessness in Finland: here it takes actual effort to be homeless, as in living in the streets. I knew one person several summers ago who lived in a hammock because of a complicated scheme involving violence and money. One female friend broke up with her BF and lived with her friends until she got an apartment from another city, so she didn't have to live on the streets. permalink fedilink source parent [–] finder@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago Unfortunate none the less. Finland is great overall, even with the current government. permalink fedilink source parent [–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) There is no good government. You either have direct democracy or bad government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What's your opinion on switzerlands mixed system? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy#Switzerland permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago Better then representitve democray, worse then fully direct democracy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago And regarding homelessness in Finland: here it takes actual effort to be homeless, as in living in the streets. I knew one person several summers ago who lived in a hammock because of a complicated scheme involving violence and money. One female friend broke up with her BF and lived with her friends until she got an apartment from another city, so she didn't have to live on the streets. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] finder@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago Unfortunate none the less. Finland is great overall, even with the current government. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) There is no good government. You either have direct democracy or bad government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What's your opinion on switzerlands mixed system? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy#Switzerland permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago Better then representitve democray, worse then fully direct democracy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What's your opinion on switzerlands mixed system? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy#Switzerland permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago Better then representitve democray, worse then fully direct democracy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago Better then representitve democray, worse then fully direct democracy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago Of course our country is the happiest when all the severely unhappy people kill themselves. This is such a tired and old take. We've advanced miles in getting suicides down and even with them they don't represent anywhere close to big enough group to move our ranking one way or another. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago To be honest, when you have half of the year filled with such long nights and it is generally cold, depression isn't really going to be as rare as in some more sunny countries. As for the nazzis, yeah, there is a trend in that. I think many voters get racist because of capitalism gets them in difficult economic situation and they fear migrants will take their jobs. And migrants are there in the first place because their regions got destroyed by wars for oil and CIA funded terrorist groups and global warming. So both wars and global warming are due to oil companies .And both difficult economic situations of the citizens and prioritization of profit for oil companies are due to capitalism. So overall, this is simply how capitalism works. It is a feature, not a bug. Without getting rid of capitalism, we will never be able to solve these issues. permalink fedilink source parent