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Which countries strongly support my values? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 week ago by atheqtpie@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hi, I'm looking for a country whose people or government mainly support my values. I'm looking for a country that:

supports wildlife protection
supports eco-friendly things and solar/wind energy
supports freedom of expression and does NOT criminalize queer people, be it trans, gay, bi, pan, intersex, asexual, etc.
peaceful, low crime
community-oriented
equal and just
very friendly towards animals, filled with animal sanctuaries and no-kill shelters
free education and/or healthcare (preferably education and healthcare are free/government-funded)
high taxes are therefore fine to me
compassion-oriented
affordable food with low unhoused rates and high employment rates

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[–] jeinzi@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I'm not sure about animal sanctuaries and no-kill shelters, but the rest sounds like Germany.

Of course it's not perfectly just and equal etc. here, and of course community and crime rate depends on where exactly you are, so to be more precise: small city/village in southern Germany.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (46 children)

Germany is also an imperialist country, and is declining.

[–] nedwben@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Where does it say imperialist is a no-go?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

"Equal and just" to me sounds like it shouldn't be imperialist.

[–] sunshine@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

"equal and just", "low-crime"

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[–] helix@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago

small city/village in southern Germany.

Depends on where, as there's quite a few weird cities in southern Germany where I wouldn't want to live as an Ausländer. Keep in mind not only BW but also BY count as southern.

[–] lemonwood@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Freedom of expression in a small village in Bavaria? Sure all those Nazis, Christian conservatives and neo-cons will just be absolutely thrilled to welcome non-white queer non-binary trans people to their October fest and share unhealthy amounts of alcohol with them while dancing to terrible folk music.

[–] helix@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I also got confused by the recommendation of southern Germany in particular based on the mentioned criteria.

Germany is great in many cities in most, if not all of the criteria, but awful in others. I'd specifically try to avoid southern Bavaria (Nürnberg and Bamberg are fine), southern parts of Baden-Württemberg (apart from e.g. Freiburg) and most of Eastern Germany (Leipzig counts as "eastern" but is very progressive, for example).

There's quite a good overview of the values and issues of most Bundesländer by Brofessor Stein.