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Stories about foreign countries and their societal infrastructure, as an American, make me really envious and sad for my country's state of affairs. It's kind

Stories about foreign countries and their societal infrastructure, as an American, make me really envious and sad for my country's state of affairs. It's kind of like the feeling I get looking at somebody with a very nice car or house: "Oh, it would be neat to have such a thing but there's no way I'd ever splurge and get that." It's difficult for me to conceive of some things other countries have as just being "normal".

mistrial9 5y ago
it is selection bias -- the people with miserable and oppressive systems do not report it in detail, in English, on YNews right? second, many systems of law treat individuals quite differently.. many systems that are not repeated in detail, on YNews, do not give much choice to an individual by design
- EvanAnderson 5y ago
  I'm not suggesting that the United States is particularly bad. There are definitely many places in the world that are much worse off from so many perspectives (lack of rule of law, system of governance, economy, social safety net, class mobility, corruption, etc). It could be better in so many ways, though, too. It would be nice if younger people (say, sub-70) would (and could be permitted to) take up the mantles of leadership.
  - nitrogen 5y ago
    It would be nice if younger people (say, sub-70) would (and could be permitted to) take up the mantles of leadership. I'd really like to read a speculative fiction/scifi where every generation operates under its own system of laws, and you can opt in to a neighboring generation's laws instead once every N years or something.
kanbara 5y ago
only issue with Postident is that they are annoying and weren't accepting certain passports for foreign nationals for a time. also, they have an online system you can sort-of use now but also not really, and you cannot use a valid permanent residence card even tho it's issued by the german govt... it _is_ pretty alright though

mistrial9 5y ago

it is selection bias -- the people with miserable and oppressive systems do not report it in detail, in English, on YNews right? second, many systems of law treat individuals quite differently.. many systems that are not repeated in detail, on YNews, do not give much choice to an individual by design

EvanAnderson 5y ago
I'm not suggesting that the United States is particularly bad. There are definitely many places in the world that are much worse off from so many perspectives (lack of rule of law, system of governance, economy, social safety net, class mobility, corruption, etc). It could be better in so many ways, though, too. It would be nice if younger people (say, sub-70) would (and could be permitted to) take up the mantles of leadership.
- nitrogen 5y ago
  It would be nice if younger people (say, sub-70) would (and could be permitted to) take up the mantles of leadership. I'd really like to read a speculative fiction/scifi where every generation operates under its own system of laws, and you can opt in to a neighboring generation's laws instead once every N years or something.

kanbara 5y ago

only issue with Postident is that they are annoying and weren't accepting certain passports for foreign nationals for a time. also, they have an online system you can sort-of use now but also not really, and you cannot use a valid permanent residence card even tho it's issued by the german govt... it _is_ pretty alright though