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[–] 40 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Maybe the Principality of Sealand.

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  • [–] 21 points 7 months ago* (5 children)

    In the grand scheme of things its not that bad but technically Sealand started out as a pirate radio station

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    You're equating pirate radio with "terrible things"?

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    It depends on what kind of music I suppose. Like if it was polka they're cool. But if it was orchestral....

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  • [–] 60 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    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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  • [+] 25 points 7 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I've never heard anything bad about Iceland's government

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    [–] 17 points 7 months ago

    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.

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    Obviously they have all done something that someone think is terrible. Since evil is within people, not within borders.

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Tiny island nations that were largely the victim of colonization by others. Trinidad and Tobago. Samoa.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Uncontacted tribes probably haven't done much.

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    [–] 7 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    Luxembourg seems to have relatively clean hands historically I think. They were occupied by Germany though in WWII

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    [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Country: no

    Government (depending on your definition): probably

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Ireland is pretty chill for the most part. Definitely not perfect though.

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  • [+] [S] 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, the catholic church shares blame for that but the state was absolutely complicit

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    I'd argue that the fledgling state didn't have much of a choice but to effectively outsource all civil services to the catholic church, considering that they couldn't afford running it themselves.

    Their only fault on their part is how it was allowed to stay that way.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    But why would the state need to forcibly send unwed mothers to give birth at these sites and then in some cases involuntarily adopt out the children? None of that was necessary even if they couldn’t afford a state run system.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (21 children)

    According to the Lemmyleft the only way to be a country not doing terrible things is to not vote and plan on an eventual revolution where working classes seize the means of production from their oppressors.

    In the meantime, ensure everyone lets the fascist elements run the table. Thus our consciences are clear and our morals unbesmirched.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago* (10 children)

    The Lemmyright is insufferable, bringing up their complaints everywhere irrelevant.

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  • [+] [S] 1 point 7 months ago (9 children)
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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    Sure no conservative views on the neoliberal instance. C'mon son.

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  • [+] [S] -3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

    Judging from your comment history I give you as an example.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    According to the genocidal center, the only evil in the world is opposition to genocide.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Seeing how you get downvoted for calling it out, and Optimal gets upvoted for saying genocide enablers are good... Yeah.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Holy shit the escalation on Lemmy is just insane. Where the fuck did Optional say genocide enablers are good? There's 0 reason to make that claim. He said something mildly critical of certain streak of slacktivism on Lemmy and now he's a genocide supporter.

    Do you ever give even the slightest thought to considering if it would be a bit easier to take you seriously if you wasn't so insanely hyperbolic all the fucking time?

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Lucky for them that they don't go to work, so they don't have to be part of the worker's revolution. They can just sit at home and be negative on the internet.

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    [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I mean generally some terrible stuff happens when a country comes into existence to begin with.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Maybe San Marino? And they have been around a long time.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    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

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