Which type of country would you prefer to live in?
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View Poll Results: What type of country would you prefer to live in?
Very high standard of living, Very low political freedom 49 85.96% Very low standard of living, Very high political freedom 8 14.04%
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Re: Which type of country would you prefer to live in?Very high standard of living, Very low political freedom - I'm not trying to be an activist so having very low political freedom wouldn't really hinder my ability to lead the good life. Big whoop I can't criticize the government, I'd at least be able to eat comfortably, sleep comfortably and have fun.
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Re: Which type of country would you prefer to live in?Having a low quality of life but high pol freedom encourages a change of regime. You are then placed with less political freedom as the strongest party succeeds, with a poor quality of life. It will take time for the country to give it's citizens a higher quality of life, so ultimately it is better to have less political freedom.
Political freedom is something that ultimately comes to all countries, it just takes time. Good living conditions? Not so convinced. -
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Re: Which type of country would you prefer to live in?Even if its centuries of time if it's a country like Saudi.(Original post by Dinnes)
Having a low quality of life but high pol freedom encourages a change of regime. You are then placed with less political freedom as the strongest party succeeds, with a poor quality of life. It will take time for the country to give it's citizens a higher quality of life, so ultimately it is better to have less political freedom.
Political freedom is something that ultimately comes to all countries, it just takes time. Good living conditions? Not so convinced.Last edited by No Man; 21-07-2012 at 20:23. -
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Re: Which type of country would you prefer to live in?Hahah very apothegmic(Original post by No Man)
Even if its centuries of time if it's a country like Saudi.
but yes, you are right and make a good point. Certainly easy for a lot of these family-dictatorships to hold on. But I think the developing nature of already reformed countries eventually will drag others up with it, as we saw with the Arab Spring.
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Re: Which type of country would you prefer to live in?It's hard to make a decision based on solely those two variables, as there are many other factors I would have to consider. Is the country politically stable? What is the ideology of the government? Never the less, assuming the country is stable and is not hosting any type of extremist regime, I would most certainly go with having a high standard of living as sacrifice for low political freedom.
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Re: Which type of country would you prefer to live in?I would prefer not to have to live in either, but the second one seems pointless seeing as the end result of politics should principally be to improve the living standards of a particular country, so wherever this country is where there is high political freedom and low living standards they've obviously opted for a crappy political system
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Re: Which type of country would you prefer to live in?Surely it depends on what the politics of the government are?
If it was a high standard of living, but women barefoot in the kitchen and no civil rights, I might choose the low standard of living. Otherwise, low political freedom. -
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Re: Which type of country would you prefer to live in?Low standard of living = women in the kitchen barefoot making sandwiches. Do you really think the stronger men are going to do it when there needs to be antelope hunted for dinner? Childbirth would be suicide also. Women would have it bad either way.(Original post by alexmagpie)
Surely it depends on what the politics of the government are?
If it was a high standard of living, but women barefoot in the kitchen and no civil rights, I might choose the low standard of living. Otherwise, low political freedom. -
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Re: Which type of country would you prefer to live in?Do you consider the UK to be consistent with the above?(Original post by AkaJetson)
Very high standard of living, Very low political freedom -
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Re: Which type of country would you prefer to live in?THE uk has THE worst of both, very low political freedom and very low standard of living.(Original post by usernonapplicable)
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Re: Which type of country would you prefer to live in?Are you joking?(Original post by Azaro)
THE uk has THE worst of both, very low political freedom and very low standard of living.
The UK is a first world country, with it's citizens better off than the majority of people on earth.
We have free press (if biased, although anyone is allowed to read what they choose) and freedom of speech (few blunders with twitter etc, but absolutely nothing compared to if you were living in China, or a country where journalists are routinely killed.)
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Re: Which type of country would you prefer to live in?yep, i guess its political freedom is better than in china, and that its standard of living is better than in africa .. comgratulations on that. i dont live in the uk though(Original post by buchanan700)
Are you joking?
The UK is a first world country, with it's citizens better off than the majority of people on earth.
We have free press (if biased, although anyone is allowed to read what they choose) and freedom of speech (few blunders with twitter etc, but absolutely nothing compared to if you were living in China, or a country where journalists are routinely killed.)
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Re: Which type of country would you prefer to live in?I really hope this is a poor attempt at sarcasm. . .(Original post by Azaro)
THE uk has THE worst of both, very low political freedom and very low standard of living.
but yes, you are right and make a good point. Certainly easy for a lot of these family-dictatorships to hold on. But I think the developing nature of already reformed countries eventually will drag others up with it, as we saw with the Arab Spring.
