Posted on 06/03/2013 9:10:08 PM PDT by ckilmer
Edited on 06/03/2013 9:13:02 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
I’m sure they look lovely, but I was actually more interested in their general attitude. How leftist/feminist/ditzy/desperate for victim status are they?
I’m sure it looks exactly the same!!
I have no idea how it is to live there as a conservative. I believe they are socially liberal, but not sure. I do know you’d need to learn the languages :)
They are economically liberal and socially somewhat.
They do not recognize gay marriage or even civil unions but they have one of the highest abortion rates I know of -- 57 of every 100 potential births....
Ok thanks. I just didn’t know anything about Estonia.
This is my very first post on Free Republic. I have long been a lurker and come here to read for my sanity.
I wanted to share some Estonia information since it was my Father in laws homeland.
There is a very good documentary called the Singing Revolution that tells the story of how they stood up and sang their way to a free people.
My husband was able to visit the family property and the country is beautiful. The people are very resilient!
Ive always been impressed that their expats keep up their culture and language as well as they do...well into the second generation.
The Finns are very smart and how much different can the Estonians be?
As for the languages, I'd get by.
I'm still interested.
American feminism is just misandry / female supremacism. It hasn't been about equality of the sexes for decades. Estonian feminism sounds charming by comparison.
the ladies reminded me of 1950s America, a little.
not very wealthy, but not cheap sluts (though long term poverty could result in desperation). thin, not fat (don’t think i ever saw a fattie, let alone anything like the magnitude of the American fattie). they’re generally a bit taller then the average American woman and many have stunning blue eyes (really amazing, actually)
the major drawback (for me) was that most were smokers.
and you could probably make a mint opening a cosmetic dentistry practice
on a retail business note, the populace generally has lower income, so eating out is a treat. this means the number of restaurants are few in comparison to the US. could a good, inexpensive, restaurant do well? tough call. maybe. and yes the russian mob has a strong presence in Tallinn (through gambling and drugs, i believe. i avoided it all)
as for tech, as of a few years ago, i would put their skills on par with much of what i’ve seen in the US... about mid to senior level. i interviewed almost 100 people trying to fill open spots (after culling resumes) and had the same success rate i would generally have here.
one thing to note, the Estonians love Americans. Estonian, Estonians. the Russian Estonians are grumpier towards the US... but that was prolly more soar grapes as Russia use to be king sh*t in the area.
overall, i hope they do well. they seemed like honest, hard working people that are really enjoying their freedom and capitalism.
as a follow up, i would agree with this appraisal of the people:
Thanks. This was a good thread.
Welcome to FR.
Thank you so much.
I have always come to this forum to remind myself that there are like minded people out there. We live in MD so you can only imagine.....but as they say....Elect a Clown, Expect a Circus.
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