For those of us who live in the US things are and have been scary and depressing for a while, this seems to also be true about quite a few more countries in the world.
If you are living in a country that you deem safe, well functioning and overall a good country to live in, how do you feel? Do you feel anxious about the current state of the world? Also, what country are you in? (Just in case 🫣)
UK. It’s actually alright here despite our culture of complaining about everything.
Weather is predictably dull and boring, but in a world of climate change that’s not such a bad thing anymore.
Wages are outpacing the cost of living once again so that’s nice.
Politics is just the usual arguing/ bitching about the economy. Everyone blaming each other blah blah blah. Storm in a teacup really.
US news is getting a bit scary, seeing the president cosying up with the enemy and appearing to want to let them take Ukraine in exchange for half of their minerals means that I don’t think we’ll be considering them a close ally in the near future. At least not a reliable one.
Glad you’re alright, MY_ANUS_IS_BLEEDING 🙏
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND ALL THAT IS HOLY, please don’t follow our right wing trajectory into chaos. Tell fElon to Fuck Off, as only the Brits can!
In the UK, it’s not great, and seems to be on the down trend like everywhere else, but right now it’s a decent enough place to live - definitely a lot better than the US.
Yep. I have hopes that Starmer starts building some towns/houses. Another Milton Keynes would be horrid but a huge step up from where we are now.
Fair but we’re definitely on the verge of not qualifying to answer this question anymore
Germany. While I do feel like my country is overall still safe and a good place to live, it feels to me like we’re on the brink. The US may well drag us down with them and even if they don’t, our own politicians might just do that on their own. So yeah, quite anxious and not overly optimistic right now. The next few years will be critical and it could go either way really.
I go back and forth between lamenting that corporate propaganda created this state of things, and lamenting that so many people are dumb enough to fall for it. Calling voters dumbasses doesn’t solve anything, but I’m definitely thinking it a lot lately.
Left Germany for Switzerland and while I never really felt unsafe in Germany, it’s so much more relaxed here. And I start to really appreciate direct democracy.
I can imagine. Switzerland is in many ways in quite a unique, privileged position in Europe. I’ve gotten job offers in Switzerland but personally, I don’t really mesh with its culture. If I ever move away, I think it’ll either be somewhere like The Netherlands, or even a lot further away, like New Zealand or Japan.
Straya representing. Our brothers and sisters across the ditch in New Zealand have a beautiful country with rich culture and great people. They just keep claiming our pavlova recipe was theirs. mic drop
Also you’re always welcome here, it’s got large part thats dry and barren in the middle but the tropics and coasts are spectacular like one of the wonders of the world the great barrier reef.
I’ve never heard the ditch before. I love it.
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I don’t know man, fratelli is already in power, afd and rn are on the doorstep, etc. that being said if you’re not too brown you have your chances
I’ve seen people saying “oh the AfD only has like 20% support” like the US didn’t vote Trump into power with only 25% of the population. Also, 20% of a population supporting literal nazis is something to be concerned about.
We are not living in the safe world anymore. We are all threatened with Ruzzia and its lapdog US.
Mexico. We’re very happy here, honestly!
We got our first woman president who keeps wowing us with comprehensive initiatives and continuing the work of our last president who got us on the right track. Great reforms are happening after a long string of corrupt presidencies that were more interested in personal gain. We had actual government efficiency reviews that cut down on misappropriated funds that have now been reinvested. And we’re expanding our exports to things like chipset manufacturing and growing our infrastructure.
Our public spaces are prettier, cleaner, more accessible, and quite modern here in the large cities. I know that my city alone is not what it used to be 10 or even 5 years ago. I keep saying we’re not a third world country anymore. We’re on our up and up so long as the international powers that be allow it.
That’s amazing! So glad to hear it. Don’t let those assholes to the North talk down to you. Sounds like you have a functioning Democracy and you’ll be able to hold that over our heads for decades I’m sure.
I’d like to meet your dealer because you seem to be living in the most parallel of the realities ever imagined… Or you live in a bubble.
Guess it must be easier being a propaganda account on lemmy since there’s practically no mexicans here so you can lie and nobody can question it.
Vato, si no quieres creer, me vale tres hectáreas, sí? Ábrete alv a mí qué me importa lo que pienses. xP
Your president is currently my favorite world leader
I’m so happy for you! I would have loved it if USA voters would have chosen a woman socialist/Communist president. I hope the current turn of events gets neighbors talking and planning enough to get us there!
This makes me happy. Thanks for sharing. :)
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Honest question, how bad is the situation with both gangs and cartels there? And, what are the areas of Mexico to avoid?
I think it largely depends on where you are and who you associate with. I also think cartel violence isn’t what it used to be. I’m not aware of any reputable gangs here where I live, but we do hear news about the shit cartels pull occasionally, like for example the narcobloqueos where they hijack a truck, park it across on the highway and set it on fire to cause a diversion or things like that.
Overall it’s very rare to hear about them taking it out on the general population. There’s an unspoken rule not to mess with the innocent although there are dangerous states like Sinaloa or areas of Michoacán where it goes down when the military intervenes. That’s when the gloves come off and they fight back by all means necessary, including using terror tactics for the government to back off.
But besides the cartel violence, kidnappings are what scare me the most. There have been many, many cases of people being held & maimed for ransom or simply disappeared without a trace, although I’m not sure how much of that can be attributed to the cartels because they target journalists. It’s undeniably a serious problem for many folks who are at risk by association, proximity or happenstance. Thankfully anti-kidnapping legislation and its enforcement has been tightened up in recent years.
Despite all that, these things are largely in the periphery in our day to day meaning I don’t live in fear. I generally live carefree and comfortably without denying that I do know some folks who have had scary episodes with organized crime in the past. But it’s quite surprising how much more peaceful our everyday life is than what you’re told abroad, even if it’s something we struggle with in the grand scheme of things.
Thanks for taking the time to write such a comprehensive answer. I truly hope a solution is someday found to get rid of these cartels because I find Mexico, one of (if not the most) beautiful country I have visited, and not just for the scenery, but also the people and culture are one of the most beautiful ones I’ve seen in all of Latin America… Also, tacos are gifts from god.
Still pretty bad according to my mexican friends, I wouldn’t go as a tourist personally, this is the only time ive seen the take that Mexico is safe and nice now. (the parts for rich ppl to vacation have never been an issue) Btw the first gen mexicans I know are prob the most against illegal immigration because of their experiences going back across the border. (for context, I am not on their side, mfs are just the lucky ones who were born here) They all have relatives in cartels/gangs but not out of choice, every story ive heard just sounds extremely sus, even when its fun, theyll be like yeah nah theyd rob you tho dont go there.
Basically look up best vacation spot, highest income area in mexico and youll be fine.
USA. Despite what people will tell you around here we aren’t crumbling to bits or shooting each other in the streets.
What the federal government does has ultimately very little effect on my day to day life. I go to work. I come home. I get high and pet my cats too much. I play video games with friends I’ve made over the course of my life. I eat dinner and I crash. I’ll repeat this pattern all week and then on weekends I do chores and visit friends/family.
Other than that everything is still functional. Safety hasn’t gone up or down. It’s still exactly as safe as it was under Obama and Biden eras. Pretty safe as long as you avoid certain places or hanging out with the wrong crowds.
8/10. Room for improved always but I’m not really concerned.
Not really happy, because the downfall of the US has massive consequences worldwide.
The USA isn’t particularly functional at the moment, but I’d hesitate to say it’s lost much of the safety it had YET.
Most are still going to work, not being robbed, not being shot in the street, and so forth SO FAR.
Those things may change, but I’d be cautious about calling the USA unsafe until it actually is. I’d still rather be in most of America than most of, say, Syria right now from that standpoint.
EU, Im trying to not focus on politics around the world and especially the US, scared about russia and USA would drag us down but when Im not thinking about politics Im very happy in my life right now
I live in the Netherlands. Happy? Sure. Could always be better.
For how it is in the Netherlands politics wise, it’s quite a mess. The biggest party is led by a rightwing nutjob who supports Israel and doesn’t give a shit about Ukraine. And main focus is Immigrants bad blablabla. That party isn’t in complete control though since they have to work with 3 other parties to get a majority so that is at least something.
We had 2000 explosions at peoples houses last year. Which is insane. Guns aren’t legal so people import heavy fireworks from italy (which are basically grenades) and blow it up in front of their house, or burn down their cars, to threaten them I guess… They pay teenagers to do it for them. So the real culprits never get caught. I saw 3 cars burn down in my neighbourhood in the last few years.
Housing prices are insane. Probably in most well running countries atm. I don’t have high hopes of getting a house anytime soon. And my rent just keeps going up.
Are they using explosives and car fires to threaten immigrants specifically or just people in general?
Oh no not immigrants. Seems to be mafia practices of scaring away competition. apparently lots of plumbing and roofing companies are just controlled by organized crime. It’s weird. Also just personal feuds.
As a Canadian who generally fits this category, i am fairly privileged, have all my basic needs met and some security for the future under status quo conditions. I have my struggles, but they have not so much to with marginalization or oppression. But it depends on who you are. Indigenous women are still going missing, racists are still gonna racist, billionaires are still exploiting people struggling with food and housing security, etc. same goes for the USA. For millions of Americans who are upper-middle/upper class, heteronormative, and white, life is continuing on just fine, feeling safe and experiencing a government that functions as well as it ever has from their perspective. They’re too busy living their lives to get caught up in the “noise of angry squabbling of childish politicians”. Maybe expenses have gone up, but they can still sustain all their expectations out of life. He’ll you can imagine there are a not insignificant proportion of the Russian population are like this.
I live in Germany and we have an election coming up where the far right might win. And the US have just handed command of the most powerful military of the world to a certified moron who works for their biggest adversary. That’s somewhat concerning, isn’t it?
There aren’t any of those, but we do have a centre-left government (for now), we’re doing alright economically and still have a semblance of a social security safety net.
Mostly what it feels like is that the US and Russia are now both adversaries and this lasts only until their disinformation warfare wins the day or they attack us directly otherwise. We’re not “safe” because we’re not safe from you and the other couple of idiots that are still married to the old “superpower” idea. If you want to know how I feel, then, it’s mostly “really, really angry at any liberal of leftist that did not show up for Harris the way they did for Biden or Obama”.
So there’s that.
to be fair, no one is safe from me 👁️👃👁️
Flanders, Belgium. Things are… okay-ish, but I feel like we’re balancing on an edge, and any little push will topple the current regime and bring power to the far-right parties who continue to gain ground every election. At this point in time, our little country has one of the least unequal societies in the world in terms of income. Something tells me that in say 10 years we’ll look back to today and reminisce about the “good old days”…
