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    7 days ago

    I come from a third world country that is worse than the US in a lot of ways, but I don’t have to worry about getting shot by a rando with a gun.

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    7 days ago

    Just off the top of my head:

    State-sponsored higher education that is later paid back through taxes. Free healthcare, also paid for by taxes, and affordable medicine. Decent mass transit, although railways are a disgrace. Labour laws. Paid sick leave and mandatory minimum vacation days. Paid maternity leave, and tax breaks for new mothers.

    PM is a Russian asset, but still better than Trump.

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    7 days ago

    We have the four freedoms that guarantee the free movement of goods, capital, services, and people as part of the European single market.

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        6 days ago

        You’re still one country. Having states/provinces isn’t even a unique thing to the US

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          4 days ago

          Assuming you’re from Canada based on the .CA and says provinces (vs oblasts, cantons, or some other regional division), I would point at the interprovincial trade barriers.