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[–]Atlantiso_l0_0l_o [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Here it goes... I rather like most French people and think that over all, France is a cool place with a positive impact on history. France gets unfairly picked on sometimes.

[–]IRELANDE DOUZE POINTSItsTyrrellYo [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

I think most people like the French really. Spaniards however don't get nearly enough hate, the bastards

[–]Class clown, est. 1985cbfw86 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Or the Dutch.

[–]Gomorrahoptimalg [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Still salty about the Medway, I see.

[–]Lýðveldið ÍslandLetsGoToValhala [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Saudia should be the one on which EU and US put sanctions, not Russia. i mean.. Crucifying people? Stoning women? And we support them and give them leader ship in Human Rights in UN? What the fuck? They should be sanctioned back to fucking prehistoric age

[–]CataloniaMarranyo [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Those bombs falling in Syria? Those are treating the symptom but not the cause. Drop them in Riad and put a colonial government till their petrol fields are dry. Give them the power back then. (MUAHAHAHA)

[–]New ZealandAoyagiAichou [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Law and order are good things.

[–]verified7 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Go and tell that to many of the left-wing anarchists that keep rioting and looting. They are some of the most annoying people I have ever met in my life.

[–]GermanyMathyneus [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

I believe in small government.

[–]SoWoWMate [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Thats basically like being a nazi in Germany :D

[–]Bulgariateheroic [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Why? Nazis were all about big government.

[–]SoWoWMate [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I mean that Germans are so much for big government, that being not for it is not a popular opinion. Of course they are not considered nazis, that was a joke

[–]European Unionkapom [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

In Scandinavia people don't even know what it means.

[–]PM_camerons_sexypig[S] [スコア非表示]  (8子コメント)

I think the Swiss are the smuggiest and most narcissistic people in Europe. Acting like theyre top of the world and perfect becuase their country never committed any crimes but YOU HOLD MONEY FOR THE WORLDS SCUMMIEST PEOPLE IN YOUR VAULTS. KSA, NARCOS ETC...

[–]American in PragueMarburgDE [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I didn't think this was unpopular?

[–]GermanyMathyneus [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Well, they hold eveyone's money in their vaults. It's an amoral system, but in my opinion, not immoral.

I don't expect banks to adhere to ethics when it comes to accepting clients. It's just not feasible.

[–]Germanythe-knife [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Have you ever even been to Switzerland, actually talked to those "smug and narcissistic" people?

[–]IRELANDE DOUZE POINTSItsTyrrellYo [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I have a swiss friend who is those things so with a sample size of 1 swiss people have been determined to be smug and narcissistic

[–]FranceJJ-Rousseau [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I live at the border between France and Switzerland. Yeah those people are horrible. Always trying to tell you how your country is poor/stupid because it belongs in EU and how smart and rich they are because they don't belong in the EU.

Switzerland people spend their time to remind you how bad your country is until holidays when they are ALL coming in France because it's way better/cheaper to spend your days in France

[–]Germanyfoobar5678 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Yes. The Swiss who live in (northern) Germany are pretty cool though.

[–]GermanyHorg [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Another thing that irks me about the Swiss; I'm very much into science and scientific skepticism and whenever some dubious esoteric bullshit comes along (like "angel energy generators" or "water energizers"), 9/10 times it's from Switzerland

[–]United KingdomGloriousYardstick [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Everyone country puts their needs before the rest of the EUs but the UK is the only one who gets abuse for it (though recently Germany has started getting some too).

[–]EUIt_Is1-24PM [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Equality and diversity will clash with meritocracy in a long term and we'll get idiocracy as result.

[–]GrumpyFinn [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

I like that alcohol in Finland is expensive because I think it deters a lot of people from drinking when they shouldn't. I mean we still have alcoholism but I definitely buy less beer and wine because of the prices, and that's healthy

[–]Finlandmoonwork [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I think that is treating the symptom rather than the disease, but unless someone has a cure or treatment for the disease, I guess that's ok.

[–]YeahButThatsNothing [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Almost identical system here in Sweden, and I think it's great too except for the purposely terrible liquor store locations and their shitty open hours. Not sure if it's as bad in Finland.

Finnish liquor stores though, my god!! My first time I was like a kid in a candy store, checking out all the exotic types and flavors. I went there expecting to pick up a bottle of wine, walked out with like six bottles of strange hard liquor.

[–]FinlandBiiviz [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Finnish Alko has the highest amount of open hours of the Nordic monopolies (64h/week). Sweden has the highest number of stores (426).

[–]YeahButThatsNothing [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Interesting, thanks!

On a sidenote, coming from the U.S. where there's a small liquor store on every other corner, it blew my mind to move to a city of over 100k in Sweden that only had three liquor stores.

[–]SoWoWMate [スコア非表示]  (19子コメント)

I believe that there are too many immigrants in Germany, and that this causes a lot of problems on many levels. This opinion is such a taboo in Germany that I would never say it in public.

[–]GermanyHorg [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Really? The way the mood is right now, this is no unpopular opinion at all.

[–]YeahButThatsNothing [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

It's not unpopular to say on Reddit, but (here in Sweden at least) it's still social suicide to express this opinion.

[–]Spainglesialo [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Demographic density in Europe is just right. We should stabilize it.

The rest of the world should strive to reach the same density as us.

Good for environment protection, climate change....

[–]EstoniaRandel55 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I don't think the Estonian word "neeger" is offencive.

[–]Czech Republicdsmid [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

We should become a monarchy again.

Long live His Royal Highness Ferdinand Zvonimir !

[–]GermanyStreicheleinheit [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

I am honestly starting to see the upsides of monarchy. In democracy, the people that get to power are those that desperately want to have power. And the people that want power the most are people who deal with it the worst.

In a monarchy you should at least theoretically get someone competent every now and then.

[–]The NetherlandsZwemvest [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

The problem with democracy is that most people are easily convinced idiots.

[–]IcelandVeeron [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

For all its flaws, democracy drastically reduces the likelihood of the country starting a war. This is the upside that matters the most, IMO.

[–]AustriaGingor [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Can't agree more.
Gott erhalte, etc.

Although lately I've been thinking about the example of the Roman Republic. It endured quite a bit too, and it wasn't as weak as democracies usually tend to be. Still trying to find out what made the difference.

[–]rafalfreeman [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Kick out all illegal immigrants, especially from Islamic and other anti-freedom aggressive culture.

EU should fall apart, and we should return to independent states that can freely trade and get along without fascists in EU parliament forcing everyone to take in the illegals and ordering us to build concentration camps for them (yeap, this is already happening)

[–]Romaniaanarchisto [スコア非表示]  (18子コメント)

In every country, all natural resources should be under public ownership, not to be exploited by for-profit companies and the resulting profits under direct democratic control.

[–]Glorious Mămăligă EmpireTheLazyLinx [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

But what if the public choses to organise under companies?

[–]European Unionthis_toe_shall_pass [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

How do you avoid the dictatorship of the majority when they decide a nice fracking project should take place next to your village?

[–]The NetherlandsQWieke [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

The same way we do it today? (It's not as if for-profit companies don't need permission from the government to do shit like fracking.)

[–]Romaniadrew418 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

With local veto rights and local extra royalties.

[–]shillingforshekels [スコア非表示]  (9子コメント)

I like the death penalty.

[–]BulgariaBulgarianObserver [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

I prefer to let the criminals to work until they die.

EDIT: The ones that deserve a death penalty not all the criminals. The others can work until they serve their time.

[–]hotdogvaginaecho [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

Belgium should be divided between the netherlands and france. The savings can be used to rebuild the roads.

[–]GermanyNirocalden [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Where would Brussels end up?

[–]Class clown, est. 1985cbfw86 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

France because they'll be pissed off if it's not.

[–]Irish Imperialismneedabean [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

That sounds like a reason not to let them have it then.

[–]Germanymegiddox [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Make it a Washington DC type of thing for the EU?

[–]LuxembourgPrinz_Butterblume [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

And return Luxembourg to its rightfull owner Luxembourg.

[–]Latviaduck_without_a_truck [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Something, something about TTIP/TPP not being the worst thing to ever happen.

[–]gooooooooby [スコア非表示]  (12子コメント)

We should get Russia to join Europe and become something amazing.

[–]SwedenOldStarfighter [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

For a thousand time: Europe doesn't equal European Union. Russia, as well as Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus are all in Europe.

[–]United KingdomSweatyBadgers [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

It's sad that the EU has managed to hijack the idea of Europe with its political project. Here in the UK the In campaign for our referendum never uses the term EU, but always 'Europe'.

[–]Central EuropeImportWurst [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Well, most of Russia is not.

[–]SwedenOldStarfighter [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

It doesn't matter. It's still in Europe. The most populated part of it actually is in Europe.

[–]Kreygasm2233 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

that would be a crazy struggle for power between Russia and Germany. Brit's would just peace out of EU I'm sure

[–]Israellsraeli_Shill [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

Would Russia want to join at all?

[–]PM_camerons_sexypig[S] [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

just cant imagine russia taking orders from the EP

[–]Northern Irelandmarsman [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

To be fair I can't imagine Germany, France or the UK taking orders from the EP either..

[–]AmsterdamPieterja [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

In my oppinion sweden wasn't neutral during ww2, they helped the nazis invade norway, suplied iron and helped finland keep back the soviets

[–]Slovakiavhite [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

I believe that we should surrender to our Bird overlords flying high above us literally and morally, who have proven to be far more culturally advanced by never committing any genocide or imperialism.

I also think that asking for unpopular opinions on Reddit is silly.

[–]Atlantiso_l0_0l_o [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Birds achieved flight with feathers, more efficient than expensive dangerous rockets. Is true genius.

[–]SloveniaU5K0 [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

I think technocracy-democracy hybrid is a perfectly acceptable form of government so long as there are mechanisms in place to keep it responsive.

[–]grim_asdf [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

This is an unpopular opinion? I'd think this kind of government would be one of the best.

You know, where people who are in charge of things actually know a thing or two about said things.

[–]GermanyHorg [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

I think the refugee crisis is ridiculously overrated and will be forgotten in 6 months time.

[–]MoraviaGNeps [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

You wish. It's already been much longer than that. You Germans will be feeling the effects for decades to come.

[–]stefanncl [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Aaah... a voice of reason, what are you doing here?!

[–]Hungarycocojumbo123 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

People on /r/europe should not use upvote/downvote as agree/disagree.

I mean, you see a parent post downvoted to oblivion and with tens of replies - looks to me it really contributed to the discussion ...

[–]prdolinosagrahom [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

I don't like muslims

[–]European Unionkapom [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Go to Istanbul and you will change your mind.

[–]Latvia, but living in NLro4ers [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I can second this. Had an absolute blast in Istanbul!

[–]Talgrex [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Most drugs and sex workers should be legalized.

[–]You can take man out of Balkan, but not Balkan out of man.daswareinbefehl [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I like the EU and don't want anything to change.

[–]Class clown, est. 1985cbfw86 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Religion doesn't deserve to be ridiculed.

[–]Transylvania (Banat)Taranpula [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

  • The EU should become a federation if it wants to stay relevant in the world. That includes a common immigration and defense policies.

  • English should be studied as a second language, from the first grade, in all EU countries.

  • Weed and prostitution should be completely legal.

I also think that non-European immigrants and asylum seekers should be screened thoroughly before they are allowed to enter the EU, but that's not exactly an unpopular opinion.

[–]AustriaGingor [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I kinda like RapeSan. It doesn't take much like Parmesan, but still, giant amounts of pre-grated "Parmesan" is awesome.

[–]Sacrum ImperiumKin-Luu [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

All EU countries should be forced to leave NATO.

[–]American in PragueMarburgDE [スコア非表示]  (18子コメント)

I don't think life in America is that much different than life in Europe ( at least the places I have lived Germany, Czech Republic )

Sometimes I get the feeling that this sub is a little bit elitist

[–]delenda_east [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Sometimes I get the feeling that this sub is a little bit elitist

Elitist, entitled, and exceptionalist.

edit: To expand, some people treat being born in a European country like aristocrats. Everything they have they deserve, they're obsessed with their historical might, they don't like anyone 'muddying the pool' and they're coasting off the wealth of their ancestors.

[–]champagne__supernova [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

That was actually a nice analogy, never thought of it that way!

[–]New ZealandAoyagiAichou [スコア非表示]  (14子コメント)

Have you tried living in America?

[–]American living in the UKvishbar [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I have! It's not that different to life in England at least.

[–]American in PragueMarburgDE [スコア非表示]  (12子コメント)

I lived/grew up there for 20 years. I have now lived in Germany/Czech Republic for the past 5

[–]New ZealandAoyagiAichou [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

Don't bulk Germany and Czechia into one as if they were the same case. The differences in salaries are huge - same thing when comparing Czechia to US.

[–]American in PragueMarburgDE [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

I'm not bulking them into the same? I'm just saying life in both of them are not that different to the USA.

[–]New ZealandAoyagiAichou [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Yeah, not that different. Except the average Czech has to save money for three times longer than an average American (or German) to buy the same thing, like a car or some electronics. :P

Edit: words

[–]American in PragueMarburgDE [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

well I make about the same money here in Czech as I did in Germany but it's a bit cheaper to live here. Ha it's true that both salaries are much lower than what I had in America but w/e I'm young and I always wanted to live abroad so here I am. I'm just kind of shocked how simliar everything is though. From reading reddit you would think America is a dump compared to most of Europe and I have found them to be about the same.

[–]New ZealandAoyagiAichou [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Heh, I guess I've manage to avoid that part of Reddit somehow.

[–]YeahButThatsNothing [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

Same here, grew up in the U.S. and moved to Sweden in my mid-twenties. Aside from a few major differences like Sweden's vastly superior healthcare and university systems, daily life here is almost the same as in the states.

[–]American in PragueMarburgDE [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

the thing was I had really good healthcare in the USA (mom is a doctor) so I haven't even noticed the difference at all. I know this is not the case for a majority of Americans though.

[–]YeahButThatsNothing [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

Yeah, you were definitely lucky there. I was uninsured for a couple years as a grad student and couldn't afford treatment and there were no free clinics in my area. At one point I got bronchitis and couldn't afford treatment, so I stole cough suppressants from stores like Walmart and Safeway for a few months until it went away on its own.

[–]American in PragueMarburgDE [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

what?? didn't your university have health care available? My sister is at grad school now and uses the cheap/free healthcare there, since shes now too old to use my parents ( 27 )

[–]YeahButThatsNothing [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

The universities I went to for my undergrad had really cheap healthcare services, but my grad school university was private and we were only a few hundred students, so they didn't have their own healthcare facilities.

Generally though university health services are affordable and great for basic things.

[–]American in PragueMarburgDE [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

damn that would suck...I can't imagine having to pay for my own healthcare during college.

[–]YeahButThatsNothing [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

TBH we were supposed to have our own health insurance at the private university, proof of health insurance was required for enrollment -- I couldn't afford health insurance, so I sent them a scanned PDF copy of my previous/expired health insurance policy with the date removed, and the university didn't question it.

[–]United States of AmericaMeatsim1 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

There is some bat shit crazy stuff in this thread

[–]Bavariaplspirit [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

i think that German media is mostly left leaning, apparently people think to differ

[–]Slovenianeroli90 [スコア非表示]  (15子コメント)

Tampons/pads should be tax free (or every woman should get some amount/year for free).

[–]GermanyMathyneus [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Literally for what reason? There are many things I definitely need too. Should all of that be free?

[–]United KingdomBel1sar [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Bit like how women can get birth control for free but men have to pay right?

[–]Slovenianeroli90 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Birth control is also a medicine and many women have to take it for other reason too, not just preventing pregnancy.

Also be happy that you don't need to take pills for it. They can have serious side effects and I'm not talking just gaining weight, mood swings... a friend of mine collapsed almost everyday, because of BC pills.

And yes, condoms should also be tax free or xx amount/per year should be available for free.

Also the price of morning after pill is much much higher than condoms.

[–]Northern Irelandmarsman [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

If you live in the UK you have access to condoms for free from NHS contraception clinics, sexual health clinics, some GP surgeries and some now privately run services (walk in centres etc..).

To be really, really clear, most types of contraception are available for free in the UK and contraception is free to all women and men through the NHS.

Places where you can get contraception include (but are not exclusively..): GP surgeries, community contraception clinics, genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics, sexual health clinics (who will also offer contraceptive and STI testing services), some young people's services and university health services. You can also call the Sexual Health Line on 0300 123 7123 for more information and to find out what is available to you as well as free confidential information and advice on sexual health...

[–]Bulgariaedmon-dantes [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Same for men shaving products then, eh?

[–]Slovenianeroli90 [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

It's not the same.

Then shaving products should be free for both. You know, women have hair too.

Also you can choose not to shave. I cannot force my uterus not to shed every month.

Also you can use shaving machine for taking care of your beard.

[–]Bulgariaedmon-dantes [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Also you can choose not to shave.

That's not true. Few things I'd like to mention here

1) Having a long beard can be inconvenient and/or irritating.

2) Many businesses require their male personnel to shave.

3) It is somehow a social norm to have a smooth face rather than a long beard.

edit:

You know, women have hair too.

A different kind of hair to shave :D

[–]Slovenianeroli90 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

A different kind of hair to shave :D

Yeah, I'll start a campain for women to stop shaving their armpits, legs and intimate area.

You'll change your opinion very fast.

My raeson is let's say tampons - small pieces of cotton, but they are overpriced by xx times. And I don't know, if you know that, but women need to change it quite often, not just 2/day.

You can not shave for 4 days/not too often/say I'll do it tommorrow. When period comes you don't have a choice.

[–]BulgariaBulgarianObserver [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Why?

[–]Slovenianeroli90 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Because they are necessary to half of the planet and extremly overpriced.

I don't mind paying for tampons, but why does 32 small pieces of cotton costs around 6 euros? Or maybe they could cover x% for menstrual cup.

In Australia such things are tax free (I think Canada is on the same path).

Toilet paper is on the same list - tax free.

[–]BulgariaBulgarianObserver [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

For thousands of years females managed to survive without pads or tampons. I would prefer medicaments to be tax free or better completely free rather than anything else.

[–]European Unionmkael88 [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

Austria should adopt little Slovenija the same way Finland adopted little Eesti. Just for fun.

We could totally fill up their cute little coastline with tourists.

[–]SloveniaU5K0 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Our coast is already full of Italians.

[–]AustriaGingor [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

We should adopt all the crownlands. Good times back when we were together.

Plus their split was illegal anyway. The Emperor did not have the power to decide to destroy the Empire on his own.

[–]Glorious Mămăligă EmpireTheLazyLinx [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

Romania should leave EU ASAP. And so should everyone. EU is nothing more than a blue painted Warsaw pact.

[–]RomaniaReluctant_badger [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Your statement is wrong in so many ways..

[–]Româniamultubunu [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Romania should leave EU ASAP. And so should everyone. EU is nothing more than a blue painted Warsaw pact.

The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance, formed to counteract NATO. The Soviet-instrumented equivalent to the - proto - EU was the Comecon (known in Romania as CAER).

It is not clear from your comment if you want Romania to leave NATO or the EU, either of which would indeed be an unpopular opinion.

[–]Glorious Mămăligă EmpireTheLazyLinx [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Romania should leave EU. Calling it blue Warsaw Pact is more do to it sounding better than CAER.

NATO is actually good for the countries as it is a proper cooperation between members.

[–]LosAngelesVikings [スコア非表示]  (13子コメント)

1) Every native-born couple should be required to have 3 children. No exceptions. Kid is going to be born with his lungs next to his eyes? Still has to be born.

2) Brings me to point 2: outlaw abortion.

3) Public ownership of natural resources (Norway is an excellent example).

4) Instill national pride from cradle to grave. Encourage people to attend military parades and to sing patriotic songs at sporting events. Patriotic songs should also be played on the radio and on television. Penalize those who refuse to take part.

5) Utmost respect for the flag.

6) Cut immigration down to 0.

7) Outlaw deviant ways of dressing and speaking (no emos, pls).

8) Penalize those who choose to go unmarried.

9) Discourage the consumption of meat and lard.

10) No unkempt streets or houses.

11) Every household should have at least one well-behaved dog. This dog should be walked for 1 km at least four times a week.

12) Encourage domestic travel in order to build a sense of national unity.

13) Large, imposing statues and pieces of art should dominate city squares.

14) Discourage the use of spices in food (spices is linked to deviant behavior).

15) Encourage extended families to keep in touch and care for each other.

16) People should be encouraged to exercise at least four times a week.

I've thought about these for a while now. I think that instituting even half of these would solve over half of society's ills.

EDIT: Just saw that OP only wanted one opinion. In that case, number 11 is the most important.

[–]TheyFoundMyOldOne [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Why outlaw abortion for rape victims? And an obsession with nationalism doesn't end well.

[–]Lithuania - FederalistShirinator [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Because nationalism. A rape child is still a child and it's a potential cannon fold for any wars 20 years down the road.

[–]WallachiaErynaM [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

we had places like that in the past, they were called USSR, Bulgaria, Romania...It worked out perfectly!

[–]lombasto [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Fostering highly nationalistic societies would probably lead to lots more wars.

[–]AustriaGingor [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Public ownership of natural resources (Norway is an excellent example)
Discourage the consumption of meat and lard.

I get the rest, but why these?
Public ownership discourages intelligent and capable individuals developing new business concepts and in the end not only helping themselves but their country.
Meat is good for you. Makes you smarter and stronger.

Why should we handicap ourselves like that?

[–]IcelandVeeron [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

8) Penalize those who choose to go unmarried.

But... me being single isn't my choice.

[–]Different Coloured PolandjPaolo [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

We have a winner here.

[–]United KingdomCasualview [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Europe should become more open and friendly with Russia. Nato should be reduced to its orignal size to honour the verbal aggrement the US had with the Russians

[–]throwowo6 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I like contemporary art and i think most of the people who say they dont like it or get it are just uneducated plebeians.

[–]Denmarkemwac [スコア非表示]  (12子コメント)

  • I believe gender quotas in corporate leadership are worth considering.

  • In a blatant violation of international law, the oilfields in Eastern Saudi Arabia should be taken by force and administered by an international organ, that will allocate the profits for humanitarian, scientific and environmental purposes, instead of luxury goods, weapons and wahabism.

  • Greece needs debt relief, the tough stance of her European creditors will lead nowhere (maybe not so unpopular on reddit, but it's pretty unpopular in Denmark in general).

[–]W77d [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I can't understand the Greek issue. They are already paying interest at 2-3% which is equal to AAA country although their bonds are considered Junk(i.e. they should be paying 12-13%). And this debt doesn't even mature until 10-20 years from now.So they pay little for debt and all they have to do is fix their balloon administration to live in their means. And they protest against that and want to have huge payouts. Good luck pitching that to Germany or France.

[–]PM_camerons_sexypig[S] [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

In a blatant violation of international law, the oilfields in Eastern Saudi Arabia should be taken by force and administered by an international organ, that will allocate the profits for humanitarian, scientific and environmental purposes, instead of luxury goods, weapons and wahabism.

Omg this

[–]GermanyMathyneus [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

If Saudi Arabia's sovereignty is rendered meaningless, what stops this "international organ" from doing the same again, to a different country? Maybe this time for lesser or even malevolent reasons?

[–]Denmarkemwac [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

It would be a purely civilian organ, charged with managing what would become the largest fund in the world, according to a set of strict guidelines. The military part would simply be a coalition of nations agreeing on the intervention, but it would be important to have all major powers on board (at least China and Russia), so it doesn't get seen as a western resource grab. Ideally the UN security council would approve the mission with a resolution, in which case it would even be illegal. It's unrealistic and it will never happen, I know.

[–]Lithuania - FederalistShirinator [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I believe gender quotas in corporate leadership are worth considering.

So also gender quotas in women-dominating fields (e.g. teachers, writers, etc.)?

There is a reason why some fields are dominated by males, it's usually a combination of natural differences between males and females (sexual dimorphism) and personal choices between the two (e.g. women in late 20's and early 30's have children and abandon jobs in academic fields, usually after few years they go work in industry).

[–]BelgiumTheApatheist [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

The availability of health care should go down after a lower age than today and more should be spent on alleviating symptoms than trying to cure. We can't afford it.

[–]Denmarkdanubis [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

That popular democracy has become a liability in a globalized economy/media world.

[–]PolandWwojtek [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I am happy with conflict free homogenious societies like mine.

[–]European Unionshackleton1 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Violent crime has fallen because we've provided legal means for scumbags to acrue vast sums of money.

[–]HungaryBobo3579 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I think that looking at statistics is much better and more helpful than "personal experiences".

[–]Jedibeeftrix [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

That the point of maximum value of the EU was reached by Maastricht.

Value determined as increasing the cooperation and good feeling between european nations.

Since that point dysfunctional fairweather institutions have actually reversed the trend of cooperation and good feeling.

[–]AustriaSordak [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

i guess alot of my unpopular ideas arent unpopular anymore.

So how about: South Tyrol should not be part of italy.

[–]Indifference is the best kind of tolerance (/s)Parabellum8g [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Democracy in its current form is a failing system: it seems to border on mob rule. It doesn't much more controversial than that on /r/europe, where the ballot box is seen as the ultimate oracle.

[–]BelgiumOwnie_ [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

We should pay attention to Eugenics.

[–]SwedenDuapDuap [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Muslims are generally pretty chill.

[–]Germanymoonflash1 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Eugenics works. Just look at Singapore.

[–]European Unionkapom [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Could you elaborate on Singapore?

[–]stefanncl [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Nationalism should be outlawed.

Individuals should be dissuaded from identifying themselves with their country's history and pushed towards accepting global values.

Edit: The dreaded spelling troll.

[–]SloveniaU5K0 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I think gmo-s should be treated like pharmaceuticals. Investigated indiidually and approved based on their individual merit, not a general prohibition or permission.

[–]Opressed heterosexual conservative Russian minorityParavin [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

People are fucking weird, and we should put up at least public borders on the weirdness. Individuality should be encouraged, but extremes like furryism, cross-dressing and so on shouldn't be encouraged as "WELL THAT'S ALL OKAY". Don't punish people for it, but don't encourage such expressions.

[–]Motherland RussiaSeventypum [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

So much this. It should be, I believe, do whatever you want, just do it without shoving it into the people's throats. And then there is some shit like "You don't want to see me acting for public doing some weird shit? God u r so intolerant die in hell".

[–]Bitching per $ is way too high in Europejtalin [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

But why?

What's the downside of just not giving a fuck about how weird somebody is?

[–]wurzn [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

I think the discordance and quarrels between the EU countries about the refugees is hurting the EU and his countries more than any amount of refugees could do

[–]rafalfreeman [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

about the refugees

There are no refugees, this guys are all illegal economical immigrants.

80% of them is not even from Syria at all.

[–]wurzn [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

it doesn't matter, when we would work together rather than shuffle the people to the next country we could deal also with this.

There should be/are(?) clear guidelines deciding who is a refugee or not. This should be done at the EU-border and every country should contribute. Even they are illegals and not allowed to cross the border they should be treated like People and not like cattle.

[–]rafalfreeman [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

it doesn't matter, when we would work together rather than shuffle the people to the next country we could deal also with this.

Just stop them at EU border, problem solved.

Or cure the source of problem: remove socialism. Or for starters give no free money to immigrants.

If there would come a guy that is fine with getting 1 bread and 2 bottles of water per day and would be grateful to be given a tent, or just any place to sleep - ok he could stay. (EDIT: be given this stuff for first say month, later he needs to find some job, and if not then find some food, or find a charity that will give that to him - as every other adult person)

99% of the people now storming our borders how ever do not want to "survice" or "escape war", they want the free money.

[–]Croatiaandrijas [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

1) People should be able to move wherever they want (as long as they obey the rules of the country they move into)

2) Communism is actually a very good idea (not the fake communism we witnessed where you go from feudalism to communism; but a proper one where you go from capitalism to communism).

3) Croatia is more beautiful than your country :D

EDIT: downvotes confirm it is "unpopular opinion" :D

[–]rafalfreeman [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

all communists should be hanged. Or just separated away from normal people, if you want to have own state and then fuck up eachother with communism then be my guest, just leave me and my wallet alone.

[–]Croatiaandrijas [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

remove communists and insert "jews" and you get 1930s Germany.
What you are saying is typical thing people say when they haven't understood what Marx really wanted or haven't read his books.

[–]rafalfreeman [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

It's fairly easy: you steal my wallet - you should be hanged. Directly or indirectly by taxing my work - same thing.

Adding excuses like "it's for the refugees, omg think of the children" is not going to work.

[–]United KingdomPoachTWC [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

Perhaps not unpopular in /r/europe but I'd get lynched for this in /r/unitedkingdom.

A federal Europe is a fantastic idea and we should create it with all haste.

[–]United KingdomBel1sar [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

And why is it such a fantastic idea?

[–]United KingdomPoachTWC [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Less borders, less emphasis on competition and more on cooperation, a step towards global unity and I don't feel significantly different to any European I've ever met.

[–]United KingdomBel1sar [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Less borders

Whelp, I'm out, thanks for your contribution though.

[–]United KingdomPoachTWC [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Each to their own opinions. You're welcome!