finland was like let’s provide basic housing and counseling to homeless people to completely get rid of homelessness and america was like our dumbass capitalist government is going to allow you to be evicted because we just don’t like giving back to our own citizens
sweden was like let’s provide inmates with rehabilitation instead of punishment so they don’t get back in the system and america was like our corrupt judicial system is going to throw people in a cement cell for 24 hours a day because the power hungry cops and guards felt like it
norway was like let’s give basic and higher education to our citizens for free and america was like we are going to charge you a full $50,000 a year for you to sit on a computer and not properly learn any material and deport you because your learning is out of your control
new zealand was like let’s completely shut down and successfully eradicate covid-19 from our country and america was like masks go against our constitutional rights and the economy and making money for billionaires and corporations is more important than human lives
denmark was like let’s provide our people with universal healthcare and america was like let’s charge $3,000 for insulin that diabetic people need to LIVE and force them to go back to work despite being high risk because they cannot afford to live, with insulin at that price
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