[prottog]

> Being treated with respect regardless where you come from or how you look

How about being treated as a Swiss regardless of where you come from or how you look? Say what you will about America, but it is a place where you can become an American in all senses of the word within one generation.

[eldaisfish]

This is an extremely powerful fact about north america (the USA and Canada) that many miss. All of the old world is based around ethnicity. You are either fully accepted and equal or you are not - all based on ethnicity.

This is not the case in the US and Canada. each country has an ugly past but their true strength is in the ability for anyone from anywhere to become fully integrated and equal in their societies.

[Aerbil313]

This is only because America has no real culture. America has global technological monoculture, which gives you infinite freedom as long as you comply with the state’s laws. No wonder adoption is so easy.