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[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 58 points 1 month ago

People, if you want to leave the USA there are better options than China


There's not a single mention of politics in the whole article 😐

His enthusiasm is a bit obnoxious if you ask me:

Shenzhen is like if Silicon Valley and New York City had a baby in China. It is a bustling tech capital with surprises on every corner.

As far as the facts go, it's unclear if he gets a US salary or a chinese:

full-time job as a marketing manager (...) closer to $3,500 a month, plus roughly $1,200 a month from my side gigs.

Groceries would probably be more expensive in Finland, but otherwise these numbers are very comparable, incl. urban rent.

And you get real democracy and freedom.

[-] agelord@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What freedom isn't he getting?

Edit: yeah, downvote the genuine question instead of providing any opinions or answers.

[-] HereIAm@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago
[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Certain residents of the Hundred Acre Wood.

[-] agelord@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

My question was what freedom the guy in the article is missing at present. It was a genuine question, not a bad faith/troll comment.

[-] Hawanja@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He apparently can't drive an electric scooter if he wanted to. You know, that one form of transportation that poor working people can actually afford. This is done so city governments can extract money from poor people since they can't get money from rich people.
Oh, and also like, democracy.

[-] 7101334@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Other countries have functional public transport. Who the fuck needs an electric scooter?

[-] 5too@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Finland is tricky to get into though, if you don't already have family or a similar connection. Haven't looked at China, any idea what would be involved with emigrating there? I'm curious how much they're paving the way for new talent to come in.

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Finland is tricky to get into though, if you don’t already have family or a similar connection.

That statement just isn't true. Anybody can get into Finland. After 3 months it gets trickier; if you're not an EU citizen it's usually about getting work.

But I've been saying for years the EU should be granting political asylum to people from USA; at first half-jokingly, now maybe 10% jokingly.

[-] 5too@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Right, the conversation was about emigrating to other countries. My understanding is that the job market in Finland is particularly tight, especially if you're not already there.

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 1 points 1 month ago

My understanding is that the job market in Finland is particularly tight

What exactly do you mean?

especially if you’re not already there.

Are you saying in other countries it's easy to get jobs even though you're not there?

[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

And you get real democracy and freedom.

very much like the US then ?

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 23 points 1 month ago

Look, it's a scale. Probably not 100% even in Finland. But we're definitely on opposite ends compared to USA and China.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
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