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Switzerland? Really? Canada makes total sense, but Switzerland?
The same Switzerland that stored holocaust gold and other stolen assets for Nazis, that Switzerland?
The same Switzerland that denied women the right to vote until 1971, that Switzerland?
The same Switzerland that maintained anonymous bank accounts until 2013 to shelter tax evaders and other criminals, that Switzerland?
Yeah, most of the countries at the bottom of the list belong there, but there's some major bias if Switzerland is the standard to which other countries are compared.
I'm more surprised by Qatar and Saudi Arabia, those fuckers has all the opportunity in the world to fix their issues. But just don't.
Supposedly people were surveyed from over 80 countries, which is going to include poorer places where moving to the Gulf for an untaxed office job or even “menial” labor is aspirational. I can guarantee most respondents here in Lebanon would rate them positively, remittances from expats in those countries is like half of our economy.
I’ve spent a fair bit of time in these countries for work myself, with obviously some good and some bad experiences.
Part of it is just good PR / marketing. Alpine villages, funny hats, bells on cows, alpine horns, etc.
Being neutral, it is also the home to many NGOs and international orgs like CERN, some of which also have good PR. Others, like FIFA, are shitty. But, FIFA's shittiness doesn't really reflect on Switzerland too much -- it's not like Switzerland is protecting their corruption -- but neither are they investigating them.
A lot of people don't know about some of the shittiness inside Switzerland, like the whole black sheep anti-outsider campaign, or how they nearly ditched the EU because the EU wouldn't allow them to enact their racist laws.
At the same time, because Switzerland basically doesn't even have a president, there's no figurehead out there saying objectionable things, or anything even interesting. So, that blank spot allows people to fill it in with whatever they wish Switzerland stood for.
@Remember_the_tooth Switzerland (govt, press, advertising industry, etc.) is excellent at polishing up their turds and showing them off to the world as if they're all super shiny. And it works, as we can see. @Eyekaytee
It says democracy perception index down the bottom of the image, Switzerland is known for its direct democracy.
Some dudes really like watches idk
Easy to downplay nazi gold with your mouth full of Swiss cheese and chocolate.