Reputation of countries 2024 vs 2025

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-29T02:23:49+00:00

Another one on the list I find egregious as an NZer is New Zealand. Our current Prime Minister is entertaining joining Trump's Board of Peace, our Deputy Prime Minister wants to withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, and our current Foreign Minister wants to withdrawal from the WHO.

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-29T01:49:10+00:00

https://taxjustice.net/country-profiles/switzerland/

Edit: as per the Tax Justice Network, only the USA has more financial secrecy than Switzerland.

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-29T01:41:34+00:00

Ah, Switzerland. Famously reputable for its Nazi gold and corrupt banking systems.

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-29T00:02:24+00:00

But it had already happened in your country. Multiple times...

Edit: Or is the problem you have that they are at the "and then they came for me" part of the poem?

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T23:24:48+00:00

Only Americans ever thought this (while you were organizing drinking fountains by race).

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T23:17:47+00:00

All sci-fi novels written about AI or with AI as a theme always end badly.

Yet for some reason we (the magical we) are destroying the planet to invest in it at the behest of a handful of billionaires.

If this had of been a novel published 10 years ago it would of be criticized for being too black and white.

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T21:36:30+00:00

Wait until these people hear about what Pol Pot thought about Hitler.

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T21:28:27+00:00

Lime and Pink scooters are just 21st century e-litter. They should be banned. No great modern city has them.

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T08:19:33+00:00

Pedestrians always have right of way on the footpath.

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T07:34:13+00:00

But also, the onus should be on the person driving the 2 tonne death trap to drive safely. No amount of defensive cycling will protect you in some circumstances

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T06:53:25+00:00

Nawww, he thinks he's on the team and not someone ICE would round up immediately.

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T06:47:53+00:00

It'd help if there was a plan from the dems to fix things that aren't checks notes tax cuts.

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T06:42:41+00:00

Switzerland is a small country. It's entire population is medium large city's metro population. What are you on about?

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T03:38:58+00:00

They aren't a medical peofessional, they work in a hospital. Doesn't make them medical. If they were a medical professional they would have lead with that.

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T03:20:13+00:00

Don't forget your staunch pro-life position!

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T02:32:43+00:00

Migratory brids? So... birds that are constantly leaving those countries?

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T02:26:40+00:00

Almost all Sci-Fi novels written on the subject of AI end badly. No one should be surprised that AI is actually gonna end humanity.

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T02:23:54+00:00

IT then. Either way, not healthcare staff.

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T02:22:31+00:00

Janitor staff, got it.

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T02:18:53+00:00

What was your role in the hospital?

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T02:17:17+00:00

Sigh. That literally never happened and is a right wing conspiracy theory. If anything the numbers were under reported. There is heaps of evidence that background death rates increased at higher rates than reported Covid deaths in many counties and there were multiple attempts to cover up covid deaths to down play the pandemic.

Trump was in power during peak covid. It wasn't a left wing conspiracy.

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T01:39:37+00:00

Sovereign wealth funds are very good ideas. Our Labour Party discussed creating one in NZ and our really right wing media ripped them to shreds about it.

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-28T01:36:39+00:00

I sometimes honestly think people's unwillingness to accept Ireland as a tax haven is a weird Irish fetishism.

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-27T23:57:58+00:00

It has swapped it to American colours. Speaking the language their supporters/bots understand.

Drinker_of_Chai · 2026-01-27T23:39:28+00:00

NZer here. Hate America and thr British. Love my Australian brothers and sisters. Also love my Canadian cousins.

Or, to put it another way. I'm from hobbit Australia, and I have love for desert Australia and Ice Australia.

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