Cultural relativism aside, I’m sure we can agree on “terrible” if we talk it out. I’m not asking for a “well X country is worse than Y country, so, Y country isn’t THAT bad”. I’d say for this discussion we can go as far back as 1800 for “past” as I’m currently convinced there isn’t a country with a perfect track record going back even that short a time.
Maybe San Marino? And they have been around a long time.
Obviously they have all done something that someone think is terrible. Since evil is within people, not within borders.
North Korea hasn’t done anything terrible. If you disagree, you just need to spend some time in a re-education camp.
Not gonna lie, you had me in the first half
Glory to Arstotzka!
Thats fair lol
Thanks you, comrade.
Maybe the Principality of Sealand.
In the grand scheme of things its not that bad but technically Sealand started out as a pirate radio station
So they started as heroes and they’re still cool.
You’re equating pirate radio with “terrible things”?
It depends on what kind of music I suppose. Like if it was polka they’re cool. But if it was orchestral…
Orchestral would be cool too. But if it was Morgan Whalen and that dudebro pop country shit…
Pretty sweet answer
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.
Iceland or Costa Rica, maybe?
I’ve never heard anything bad about Iceland’s government
Only govt in the world that jailed bankers, after the 2008 financial collapse. Source.
awesome
Pretty sick
Pretty good answers, thanks!
Uncontacted tribes probably haven’t done much.
What happens in the tribe stays in the tribe
How do we know? We haven’t contacted them.
They likely have warred with other tribes.
Maybe, maybe not. Would have to contact to find out 😉
Tiny island nations that were largely the victim of colonization by others. Trinidad and Tobago. Samoa.
I was going to say pacific islanders, bit yeah they ate each other
Ask a Tongan why their grandparents don’t like Samoans.
OP said 1800-present. If you’re talking about the 1899 split, then that’s the colonial powers. What am I missing?
Antarctica
Too cold to do anything wrong.
Not a country, and does not have a sovereign government.
Woosh
I’m convinced some weird science experiments are going on up there.
Up?
Depends on which way you’re laying on the bed
Correct
Luxembourg seems to have relatively clean hands historically I think. They were occupied by Germany though in WWII
Idk, they do shady banking shit for tax dodging billionaires and corpos
Yeah seems pretty clean, nice answer!
No…
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.
In the meantime, ensure everyone lets the fascist elements run the table. Thus our consciences are clear and our morals unbesmirched.
You don’t need to post the DNC platform.
The Lemmyright is insufferable, bringing up their complaints everywhere irrelevant.
I haven’t encountered the right on lemmy yet
Said the .world user. Lol
Are you not a .world user?
Yes, but thankfully I have the honesty to see what’s around me. I’m not saying being on .world makes you that exactly mind you, but again you see it.
Correct… I’ve yet to see a conservative post or community here
Sure no conservative views on the neoliberal instance. C’mon son.
Give me some examples? Or when you say conservative do you just mean your individual definition thats not attached to reality?
Judging from your comment history I give you as an example.
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.
Ah yes, they all have no jobs. What’s next, you fucked their moms?
No, I do not tangle with lizards no more!
According to the genocidal center, the only evil in the world is opposition to genocide.
Seeing how you get downvoted for calling it out, and Optimal gets upvoted for saying genocide enablers are good… Yeah.
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?
The people getting downvoted for calling it out are somehow the bad guys, but the people upvoted in disagreement they genocide is bad is are the good guys.
Sorry you’re too privileged to know better. Must be nice.
The fascists run the table either way. The only thing they let us do is pick whether they wear red or blue.
Facts do bare this out, libs would rather downvote and stick fingers inside their ears.
Facts do not bear this out
Ireland is pretty chill for the most part. Definitely not perfect though.
Yeah, definitely not perfect and have some pretty rough recent historical stuff regarding women. Not that bad though!
Yeah, the catholic church shares blame for that but the state was absolutely complicit
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.
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.
Bhutan
The Nepalese would like to disagree.
Idk I’m seeing a lot of reports of torture, speech issues and state sanctioned racist action.
