Shopping around for refuge countries, and I'm trying to figure out what living in Ireland is actually like. I'm liking the sound of living in a country with a Marxist-Leninist paramilitary group, but I don't want to actually just be tricked by an "American Dream" but for leftists.

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To be clear, I'm not trying to join the IRA, but I do want to know if Ireland is a better alternative to staying in the US. World is a fuck.

    • Kappapillar [comrade/them,undecided]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Yeah, I'm not doing any moving for at least the next year or so, international or otherwise. This is exploration into long term plans, since I don't want to be here during the inevitable collapse of the American empire

      • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        I'll placeholder a serious answer until an actual Irish turns up

        Healthcare isn't like the NHS in the UK, but is way way way way cheaper than in the us

        Only really spent time in a village outside of Cork, and highly doubt it's universal, but:

        life seems a bit more laid back in general

        Booze is cheaper than most of the uk

        A lot of catholics

        Not as much hate for the english as I expected

        Old people talk a lot

        Punctuality seems to be a foreign concept

        Source: Irish chunk of the family, been there twice for funerals