I mean generally some terrible stuff happens when a country comes into existence to begin with.
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I agree there probably isn’t one, but so what? If a country did terrible things, but if you were the decider so would you, or if you were a product of that age and so would you, then how judgmental can we be.
For example there are a lot of evils around colonialism and it’s unacceptable today , but it seemed widely accepted a couple hundred years ago. Obviously there are degrees and some things can never be excused, but was basic colonialism really a terrible thing, say to an average Englishman 200 years ago? Terrible but realistic
At the risk of getting blasted here, I’ll do it: consider the us attack on Iran as an example. It’s clearly a terrible action. Maybe there are reasons they think justify it, but not available in public, but even if it were in any way justifiable it’s clearly a terrible action. Yet I can see there being reasons any country might decide it needs to do similar. I can see there being circumstances where the average lemming would make a similar choice. Terrible but realistic
Estonia is pretty decent. They've been on the receiving end of terrible shit and haven't been keen on repeating that in the other direction.
Obviously they have all done something that someone think is terrible. Since evil is within people, not within borders.
Maybe San Marino? And they have been around a long time.
Bhutan
The Nepalese would like to disagree.
Idk I'm seeing a lot of reports of torture, speech issues and state sanctioned racist action.
Switzerland is far from perfect, but compared to its neighbours France, Italy, Germany, has been "good". No wars, no genocides, no torture, no fascism, no colonies.
Yeah, but unlimited capitalism, taking Nazi gold, etc..
The capitalism part is always funny. Depending on who you talk to, it is either a capitalist paradise or a socialist paradise. Probably because it has a lot of both. Roughly 50% of the economy is in the hands of state or state-owned companies. On the other hand, companies can also fire employees without needing a reason. There are large and powerful unions, but there are no rights to strike. There is mandatory state-regulated health insurance for everyone which covers basically everything, but it's provided through private insurances. Lots capitalism-socialism "contradiction" for those who don't know how the country actually works, and don't want to spend the time to do so.
So people tend to pick what fits their beliefs so that they can criticise the country, usually to make themselves feel better wrt their jealousy if its wealth, stability and beauty.
usually to make themselves feel better wrt their jealousy of its wealth, stability and beauty.
Yikes. Switzerland is an absolutely capitalist hellhole. Not for their own citizens, yes, but for everyone else. Apart from maybe 1 or 2 island nations, it's the number one spot to store illegal money and "investments".
Switzerland implements the OECD standards for automatic tax information exchange with other nations, and has done so for a long time
So let’s say a Swiss bank has a literal ton of Nazi gold from 1940s. They would automatically inform other nations of that pile?
No fascism huh?
North Korea hasn't done anything terrible. If you disagree, you just need to spend some time in a re-education camp.
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