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darkknight109 posted...

America is pretty much the most right-wing developed nation in the world and it's not even particularly close. This is true politically, economically, and socially, almost to the point where it's unarguable. Britain is probably the next in line overall, although certain nations are more conservative in one area or another (like Israel and Russia socially, or Costa Rica economically).

I think you're falsely attributing social services as the *only* demonstration of a nation's political leaning. Otherwise, America *might* be the least authoritarian developed nation, but that's the up/down side of the equation.

darkknight109 posted...

This is why, when Democrats lose the election, you hear a lot of melodramatic people talk about "moving to Canada" as a way to escape American conservatism. But when Republicans lose elections? The melodramatic talk isn't about moving somewhere, but seceding from the Union. This is because there's no other developed nation on the planet that's further to the right of the US, so if you want one you'd pretty much have to make your own.

Actually, Republicans were ALSO talking about moving to Canada. And Republican or Democrat, moving to Canada makes relatively little sense because you're sacrificing a lot of American amenities which is why *nobody* actually goes through with it. For all of the big talk, American is *still* the most sought-after country in the world and it's not even fucking close.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/11/these-are-the-countries-migrants-want-to-move-to/
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