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And YET...they (PIGS) have better 'quality of life' than Northern Europe + UK...
If you manage to get a remote job with a salary above the 60% percentile of the scandinavian salary distribution (let's say 80K/year)...with 80K/year in the PIGS you have basically 'minister level' salary and you can pee, shit and cum over milions of wagies in Northern Europe + UK in terms of purchasing power, food quality, enternaintment, outdoors life, cultural heritage, etc etc etc etc...
The faces I see during Teams meetings with my norwegian, danish, dutch, swede and german work mates when I tell them 'I went sailing around a greek island and entered a small church in a cave that is 2000 years old'..it's like...They want to escape their bodies, leave their jobs and start 'living life'...leaving behind the f** rip-off societies they are part of.
Money is worthless above certain latitudes. You go to a car workshop in Germany with 1K to change your tires and they don't even look at your face.
You grab the same 1000 euros and go to a remote town in South Portugal to put some fresh tires to your car..and they will treat you as a Lord, brew you some coffe (garoto) and invite you to local pastries.
Statistica don't reflect the 'feelings' and 'struggles' of citizens. Using statistics it's just giving legitimacy to an artifical narrative.
The scandinavian 'safety net' it's just a trick. You can get the same services that the 'safety net' offers you but CHEAPER by either purchasing them in private markets or simply moving to a country with a mixed pension system that it's not a micro-state or a 'small country', as they have the problem of huge bottlenecks and stubborn inflation levels locked at 3-4%.