I live in Germany and the right-wing extreme party has huge support it is now the second strongest party in the country. Most voters say the refugees are the reason for that. Our chancellor Scholz started an anti-refugee campaign to prevent them from coming to Germany. He copies the rhetoric of the right-wingers I doubt that this will have success.
I have more issues with the rich not paying their fair share than with the refugees. Though also I noticed that there are limits and we have reached them. The capabilities and resources are limited and we are way beyond our capacities. We live in a democracy and most people say we have too many refugees we have to acknowledge that. Especially the lack of apartments is a main concern.
If I was a refugee I might would also aim for Germany. There is a discussion what makes Germany so attractive for refugees. It is not the "high" (it certainly is not high) welfare I read (not sure if that is true) it is a rather similar to the bandwagon effect. If you have relatives living in a certain country you also want to go there because they have knowledge, resources etc. And well Germany was popular in the past so it will likely keep being popular.
I think one of the key reaons is: Germany is economically well-off compared to many countries (not long anymore though). In Germany we need workers to integrate them into the job market. I think many people want to be part of that. But the German language is a very high barrier and the bureaucracy. Most people won't make it. The population is also not content about that.
I might would aim for Scandinavia though the right-wing populists are part of some governments and the environment seems sometimes not very welcome for refugees. In Germany they beg Scholz to copy the anti-refugee campaign from Denmark. Personally I also want that high qualified workers come more often to Germany. There are some opportunities which are ignored sadly.
If I was highly skilled, completely healthy, equipped with the necessary resources the US would be another attractive goal. For me the risk to fail would be too high I am very risk averse. The US system in general rather rewards people who go full risk (if they succeed - only then). I think I don't have that mentality. But if you want to become very rich and part of the elite in certain circumstances the US might be a good choice. The gun laws, the political climate would be for me too toxic though.
So where would you go?
I have more issues with the rich not paying their fair share than with the refugees. Though also I noticed that there are limits and we have reached them. The capabilities and resources are limited and we are way beyond our capacities. We live in a democracy and most people say we have too many refugees we have to acknowledge that. Especially the lack of apartments is a main concern.
If I was a refugee I might would also aim for Germany. There is a discussion what makes Germany so attractive for refugees. It is not the "high" (it certainly is not high) welfare I read (not sure if that is true) it is a rather similar to the bandwagon effect. If you have relatives living in a certain country you also want to go there because they have knowledge, resources etc. And well Germany was popular in the past so it will likely keep being popular.
I think one of the key reaons is: Germany is economically well-off compared to many countries (not long anymore though). In Germany we need workers to integrate them into the job market. I think many people want to be part of that. But the German language is a very high barrier and the bureaucracy. Most people won't make it. The population is also not content about that.
I might would aim for Scandinavia though the right-wing populists are part of some governments and the environment seems sometimes not very welcome for refugees. In Germany they beg Scholz to copy the anti-refugee campaign from Denmark. Personally I also want that high qualified workers come more often to Germany. There are some opportunities which are ignored sadly.
If I was highly skilled, completely healthy, equipped with the necessary resources the US would be another attractive goal. For me the risk to fail would be too high I am very risk averse. The US system in general rather rewards people who go full risk (if they succeed - only then). I think I don't have that mentality. But if you want to become very rich and part of the elite in certain circumstances the US might be a good choice. The gun laws, the political climate would be for me too toxic though.
So where would you go?
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i wonder if he (the nationalist party leader) has a porn cassette situation going on since it's really popular here...
when i was a kid i always wanted to live in Holland because it had always represented as the country where everyone is free with their actions but now i realized most of the countries i always wished to live in has drug problems and it's really scary considering i grew with people talking about drugs as they turn you into some satanic stuff. (i know it's okay in normal usage but if you have this trauma growing up only seeing people overdose on the media to make drugs look horrendous, it's hard to change it's image in your subconscious mind)
