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A place to look at is Scandinavia. Although it's far from perfect, the gap between rich and poor is smaller, it feels doable to move social classes and taxes re
by nextos 7y ago
A place to look at is Scandinavia. Although it's far from perfect, the gap between rich and poor is smaller, it feels doable to move social classes and taxes redistribute excessive wealth effectively.
That is my experience. In contrast, I've felt that places like UK treat you like an untermensch if you have less money. And addressing PG's point, in the UK rich classes have lobbied to set laws in their favor. Pure rent seeking or as PG puts it here stealing. For example, they have architected the real estate market in such a way that if you are poor it's hard to climb the property ladder and you will be poised to give them a big chunk of your income.
- icelancer 7y ago>> Scandinavia How easy is it to immigrate into Scandinavia and become a citizen?
- nextos 7y agoIt depends on the country and your origin. Not too hard.
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- tryptophan 7y ago>the gap between rich and poor is smaller. Depends on what you mean...Sweden actually has slightly higher wealth inequality than the USA, despite the much higher income inequality in the USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_equality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_eq...