• doleo
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    6 days ago

    I don’t think you understand how bad the UK is.

    I’m British.

    I’m only saying that it’s arguable which is better on most issues

    Sorry, but it’s really not. The UK, like so many other countries, is just following the fascist trail blazed by the USA. I hope this doesn’t come across as me trying to defend the UK, by the way. It’s just that I’d find it hard to find many countries worse than the USA, by almost every metric.

    • Kwakigra@beehaw.org
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      6 days ago

      I’m British.

      And I’m American. Funny how neither of us knows how bad our home countries are. As you mentioned though, our cultures share a lot of problems. In terms of housing, nutrition, street safety, class issues, social stratification, and wealth inequality I don’t think it’s a one to one comparison. We have issues of a different nature on these things which is why I think it’s arguable which is better. I personally would not be able to live in the UK and I know that from experience. While I was living there it was not apparent to me in any way that it was better (other than healthcare, which is obviously better), but it was different.