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HHalo6 t1_iyvj8hm wrote

Not surprised to be on the top 5 here. Spain has a very bad perception of itself, and the 2008 recession hit so hard here that we pretty much never recovered from it. The country suffers a lot from being too dependant on tourism as well, and covid hit us like a truck. Now, with the Ukraine war and the everstopping rise of prices, we seem to be in the verge of recession again, with absolutely no signs of a speedy recovery.

Ireland got its golden age with IT and we should try to get it with renewable energy, since we have a lot of empty space, tons of sunlight and have already a sizable eolic infrastructure, but our politicians' complete lack of awareness will probably bust it. Then foreign investors will take the opportunity and we'll keep being poor, yay!

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ZapsMojo t1_iyw4rwn wrote

Ireland had a bit of a golden age because it was a tax haven.

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el_dude_brother2 t1_iyx1he3 wrote

Yeah exactly, they’re basically allowed to break EU tax laws. Has worked wonders though, went to Dublin recently and lots of investment and new companies setting up there.

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wwarnout t1_iyvib91 wrote

Probably be a shorter list if it were, "...on the right track".

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Toes14 t1_iyw9wxj wrote

Funny that the Nordic countries don't have a higher positive portion. Everyone else seems to think they are the best.

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emperor_scrotum_II t1_iyz9rac wrote

The political situation in Sweden has been an absolute shitshow the last decade, where neither the right-wing nor left-wing parties have been able to reach a conclusion or collaborate effectively. Both sides are pretty unhappy about the situation, although I do think things have improved the last few years.

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Toes14 t1_iyzxvi6 wrote

Sounds like the USA, except for the last sentence.

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B0ge t1_iyyeksj wrote

I think Finland would be more positive

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ericula t1_iywg6z3 wrote

I’m from the Netherlands and I’m not surprised by the negative opinion. We are dealing with loads of crises at the same time at the moment (housing shortage, shortage of workers, nitrogen crisis, growing expenses for health care, energy crisis, problems related to climate change, angry farmers, etc.). I have a feeling many of these could have been avoided if the government had been more proactive over the last 20 years instead of (seemingly) turning a blind and hoping things will get solved by themselves.

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haz3lnut t1_iyvtjil wrote

It's always been a stupid polling question.

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TheTarkShark t1_iyw9ssm wrote

Who TF thinks the US is on the right track

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[deleted] t1_iywcpgx wrote

The US is on a lot better track than a lot of the world TBH. Maybe not the "right" track, but a lot better than Europe and much of Asia.

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Sharp_Grocery_282 t1_iywob72 wrote

There's a large evangelical Christian population who believe if things get bad enough then Jesus will be forced to come back and take them all to Heaven, which is all they really want. Maybe it's those folks?

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happygilmore001 t1_iyy5ic1 wrote

lots better after the train wreck of trumpism. He bragged about sexually assaulting women and somehow won.

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