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Fascism is on the rise in Europe too so maybe go to Japan or something
yes, the country famous for being accepting of foreigners, that is also known for a high standard of living...
ok then move to mars, final offer
Venezuela is nice at this time of the year too
The far-right in Europe seems to have lost momentum a bit-- for now. The far-right parties in government in Sweden and Netherlands proved themselves incompetent and lost support. The support on German AfD stagnated. Meloni has shown to be more moderate than expected (well, not quite but that's a long story). And Le Pen has been prosecuted, but I think this is not enough to actually kill the French far-right movement so long as the French government still practice neoliberal policies. But I think the major factor that made Europeans think twice now about gravitating towards fascism is after witnessing the shit show in America and Musk's overt election interference in Europe. I should not be laughing, but what a laugh the three months of Trump administration has been!
Incompetence, it seems, is what is valued here in America to go up the ranks.
I will be honest, I thought that Trump will continue with his fascist-adjacent/fascist-lite policies from his first term. Looks like in this term, he is out for vengeance and doubled down!
that's actually a bit reassuring to know
As a Japanese, I think Japan has always been a fascists' country. The flavor of nazism did change from German one to American one after WW2, though
They’re extremely racist, which is a huge plus, just like the Swiss flag 🇨🇭
Like plenty countries, but it only becomes a problem when it's also against whites.
True. Australia and New Zealand are our last hope
Fascists on the rise in Australia too sadly. New Zealand is very isolationist and anti immigration.
Brazil is good. Nice food, people and forests.
Would be ironic if we had to go to Africa because life there is better.
... after decades of relentlessly repeating how much better we have it that "poor children in africa" especially.
There's a great show about families going there for a better life from here. It's called coming from America. Worth a watch. Not everything is perfect there but people from here can own land and feel free.
btw, do you think americans would still go to africa if it turns out to be/become communistic? i.e., no or restricted private ownership of land, ...
Feels like a bit of a null question. Africa isn't a monolith, there's north/south/central/etc etc. A fully communist africa wouldn't make sense at all, it would be like saying a communist europe. Which, europe's a continent full of different countries, with ideological differences.
[Most] americans (westerners in general maybe? I don't know how negative anti-capitalism was viewed as a result of the cold war beyond the US) would probably avoid it completely if it was socialist (which as of now, i don't recall any leftist government in africa.)
Anyway, africa has been socialist before (at least, north africa). Afaik, under Gamal Abdel-nasser in Egypt with Nasserism (i have a mixed view of nasser, personally.) And Gaddafi with the Third international theory (yeah fuck this guy lmao) [north] africa was socialist. Both were dictators, unfortunately.
My views on nasser are mixed, since he was an anti-imperialist willing to stand up against western imperialism and wanted to unite arabs. But... he also turned egypt into a military dictatorship, putting their tentacles in everything. Make of that what you will, though.
Africa is beautiful, the only issue is safety.
Countries like namibia/botswana probably have less of these issues as well.
Japanese are starting to hate gaijin. Because of disrespectful tourists and “influencers”.
https://youtu.be/BR7B0Pjh3lE
Starting? Japan has a long, proud history of xenophobia.
It's a respectful xenophobia though. Like, it's just as bad but entirely Japanese in flavor. If I had to make a ham fisted metaphor.
I always see xenophobia and racism as different level in the same category. Like, the former is "milder" and something as I, as an immigrant, could overlook. The latter is far more hateful and intolerant.
As someone who lives in Japan, I've got some bad news for you...
The good news is that it's mostly just the olds. The bad news is that it isn't exclusively just the older generations.
still, EU countries have far superior electoral systems than the US to help mitigate the rise and influence of Fascism.
They even have multiple parties and an Overton window wider than only right to extreme-right!
yeah we have this thing called democracy it's pretty cool
That is if the other parties aren't largely complicit. Looking at you Germany, Denmark, France, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Hungary...
True, same is now happening with those awful US dems.
Already tone-deaf before the election, saying they just needed to accept the uncomfortable genocide support or get Trump.
Now they want to beat him by "embracing patriotism" "banning left wing voices" and other horrible Trump style measures.
A race to the bottom.
Which is weird when you see the IRL support and hype around Bernie and AOC. The people want more left in the democratic party.
They are the imaginary left and selling the snake oil of curing the party from within.
That party is sponsored by most of the same oligarchs, companies, banks and the MIC.
It can never happen.
And especially now with Trump the people can be easily manipulated to funnel their anger towards him while keeping the Dems safe.
That is very true, ugh.
Japan has its own fascists.