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

  • Helix 🧬@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    I covered all the usual bases liberals use when declaring China isn’t socialist.

    But I’m neither a liberal nor declaring China isn’t doing some kind of socialism. It’s not a socialism I personally like but that’s my preference, I prefer the so called concordance democracy over a party system in general. The only country I know who are doing this often is Switzerland, but they have other issues (like high cost of living and xenophobia/lack of diversity).

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
      3·
      2 hours ago

      Your framing of socialism is very liberal, such as conflating it with taxation in the boundaries of capitalism. If you don’t explicitly state what you are, I can only make assumptions, and thus cover my own bases. Switzerland for example is not socialist, but instead capitalist, and funds its safety nets through imperialism (same as Germany). Further, China is closer to a consensus-based democracy than Switzerland is due to the nature of the capitalist system in Switzerland, so I don’t really see your issue with China.