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That starts to rule out a lot of English speaking countries, including probably the UK. I mean, in the UK alone you'd need to evaluate what, if anything, separ
by another-one-off 8y ago
That starts to rule out a lot of English speaking countries, including probably the UK.
I mean, in the UK alone you'd need to evaluate what, if anything, separates the modern British morals from the morals of the British Empire which was not a very nice organisation [1]. They technically didn't overthrow and bully, but that was because they conquered and colonised. I don't think the lineage of government institutions has changed that drastically.
The modern anglosphere (UK, Australia, US, New Zealand, Canada) are all part of the spying-on-everyone gig.
The social security system and environmental comments I'll grant you; but the reason for that is (ironically, given your comment) that people don't want to contribute taxes for it. Work life balance I have no comment.
[1] EDIT The stereotype I picked up was that a good foundation of modern British wealth was a bunch of things they 'found unattended' overseas. I gather the Indians still claim that some parts of British royal jewelry were stolen from them and should be returned with an apology.
- signal11 8y ago> I gather the Indians still claim that some parts of British royal jewelry were stolen from them and should be returned with an apology. Bit offtopic, but this is complicated. A lot of the jewellery were taken from present-day Pakistan (or were gifts from kings in that area) so it's not clear to which country they should be returned to.
- eeeuo 8y agoYes, they did "technically" overthrow. The UK, alongside the US, overthrew a democratically elected government in Iran in 1953. This is not a point of contention, it's been openly stated by the CIA. I genuinely thought the GP was making a joke until the bit about time off.