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minus-squarerabber@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·17 days agoIt’s basically impossible to find a job in Finland right now if that makes you feel any better
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down5·edit-217 days agoOof. Doesn’t Finland have UBI though? They’ve also basically solved homelessness.
minus-squarerabber@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down1·17 days agoYeah there’s support. But Finlands economy is really stagnant right now. Also they border Russia. And the country is politically swinging to the right like most places today The grass is always greener lol
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·17 days agoFair points. I’m not saying you’re wrong, just that unemployment means something very different in more extreme capitalist countries. :)
minus-squarerabber@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·17 days agoOh yeah I’d rather be Finnish than American right now haha
minus-squareChris@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·17 days agoHow are you and your fellow Finns with expats? I have dreamed of learning Finnish and trying to get a visa
minus-squareChris@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·17 days agoThey both kind of mean the same thing
minus-squareZeroOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down5·17 days agoNo, Expats is a made-up word.
minus-squareTonava@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·17 days agoAll words are made-up, that’s how they work! /j
minus-squareZeroOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·17 days agoMade up as in a fake word with no real weight, kinda like rizz or skibidi
minus-squarerabber@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·17 days agoI’m not Finnish but I tried to move there a few years back. Finland is sadly quite xenophobic.
minus-squareChris@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days agoI think all the Nordic states are hard to get in to as well. Oh well.
minus-squarerabber@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·17 days agoYeah my life dream is to live in Iceland but short of marrying someone there it’s probably never happening
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·17 days agoAll really cold countries have solved homelessness…
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minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·17 days agoYou are objectively wrong. They have solved homelessness, minus approximately 1,000 willfully homeless people. (Though I like to think of them as Nomads.)
minus-squareZeroOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down9·edit-217 days agoSuuuuuuure, which can be taken away at a moments notice, like when conscripting
minus-squarerabber@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·17 days agoFinland has unconditional housing lol
minus-squareZeroOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down7·17 days ago& it also has conscription
minus-squareJohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-217 days agoUs sharing a 1000+ km long border with russia might have something to do with that. And even then, military service isn’t actually required, you can do a siviilipalvelus (lit. “Civilian service”) instead.
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minus-squarerabber@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·17 days agoThe only thing I disagree with there is they force you to cut your hair lol Guess how much gun violence there is in Finland thanks to mandatory basic training
minus-squareZeroOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·17 days agoGun control can do that
It’s basically impossible to find a job in Finland right now if that makes you feel any better
Oof.
Doesn’t Finland have UBI though? They’ve also basically solved homelessness.
Yeah there’s support. But Finlands economy is really stagnant right now. Also they border Russia. And the country is politically swinging to the right like most places today
The grass is always greener lol
Fair points.
I’m not saying you’re wrong, just that unemployment means something very different in more extreme capitalist countries. :)
Oh yeah I’d rather be Finnish than American right now haha
How are you and your fellow Finns with expats? I have dreamed of learning Finnish and trying to get a visa
Expats? You mean immigrants?
They both kind of mean the same thing
No, Expats is a made-up word.
All words are made-up, that’s how they work! /j
Made up as in a fake word with no real weight, kinda like rizz or skibidi
I’m not Finnish but I tried to move there a few years back. Finland is sadly quite xenophobic.
I think all the Nordic states are hard to get in to as well. Oh well.
Yeah my life dream is to live in Iceland but short of marrying someone there it’s probably never happening
All really cold countries have solved homelessness…
Come to Canada lmao
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You are objectively wrong.
They have solved homelessness, minus approximately 1,000 willfully homeless people. (Though I like to think of them as Nomads.)
Suuuuuuure, which can be taken away at a moments notice, like when conscripting
Finland has unconditional housing lol
& it also has conscription
Us sharing a 1000+ km long border with russia might have something to do with that.
And even then, military service isn’t actually required, you can do a siviilipalvelus (lit. “Civilian service”) instead.
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The only thing I disagree with there is they force you to cut your hair lol
Guess how much gun violence there is in Finland thanks to mandatory basic training
Gun control can do that