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> Portugal is almost a failed state ??? Portugal might be struggling economically (as most of Southern Europe is), but it is by no stretch of the imagination
by TelmoMenezes 10y ago
> Portugal is almost a failed state
???
Portugal might be struggling economically (as most of Southern Europe is), but it is by no stretch of the imagination a failed state:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Fragile_States_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Fragile_S...
- dep_b 10y agoThe average income in Portugal is almost half of what people earn in neighboring Spain and still there's a ton of people without a job. It's not a failed state but it's more like Greece than Spain for sure.
- TelmoMenezes 10y agoYou can't just take one statistic amongst many and make overarching statements like this. Average brute salary is lower in Portugal (but not half, and then the tax systems are different). Portugal is a smaller market and the cost of living is also lower. Unemployment is much higher in Spain. The reality on the ground is that both societies are quite similar. I don't know much about Greece -- except that it's the cradle of western civilisation. When did we start being so nasty to each other?