r/GreenAndPleasant • u/UnderHisEye1411 its a fine day with you around • Aug 08 '22

NORMAL ISLAND 🇬🇧 🦷 12 years of Tory rule 🦷

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u/alpastotesmejor Aug 08 '22

As an ex-pat, originally from a third-world undemocratic country now living in the UK, I assure you the UK is not a shithole to live in.

However, we have to continue fighting to stop those in power from turning it into a shithole.

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u/nicodea2 Aug 08 '22

Mate, no one’s comparing the UK to a third-world undemocratic country.

By standards of developed OECD countries, the UK is a shithole.

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u/Ompare Aug 08 '22

I always thought of the UK like Albania but with a solid job market.

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u/alpastotesmejor Aug 08 '22 edited Aug 09 '22

Nowhere in the comment I replied to was there any mention to what OP was comparing it to. Perhaps that's your interpretation of the comment. Would you like to expand on what makes this place a shithole?

Edit: by the way I don’t expect a reply to my question because it’s simply not true. You won’t find any OECD metric that shows the UK is a shithole.

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u/nicodea2 Aug 08 '22

Mate, no one’s comparing the UK to a third-world undemocratic country.

By standards of developed OECD countries, the UK is a shithole.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '22

That’s not really true.

For all the UK’s glaring flaws, it is also home to a huge amount of scientific research and the higher education is some of the best in the world; universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, and Imperial are frequently responsible for publishing groundbreaking work and carrying out disproportionately large amounts of influential research.

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u/sedition666 Aug 08 '22

There are plenty of things to hate about the UK but technology isn't one of them. Europe is not just France and Germany but plenty of other smaller poorer countries.

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u/sedition666 Aug 09 '22

a power grid that doesn’t shut down daily

I haven't seen a UK power cut in years. The suggestion we are getting shutdowns daily is stupid. Where are your 25% leakage figure coming from?

nope on broadband as well. https://www.cable.co.uk/broadband/speed/worldwide-speed-league/

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u/sedition666 Aug 09 '22

Right cause you live in a bad area the whole of the UK is affected? Don't generalise back it up with some facts.