It's like people see a blue t-shirt and say 'look, that t-shirt is rainbow colored'. No, that t-shirt has ONE of the colors of the rainbow, but it's missing red, orange, yellow, green and purple.

They were Romania and Bulgaria, the two countries where - you guessed it - most of the Romani people, colloquially known as Gypsies, are from. The rest of the EU, for a very long time, denied these countries equal Schengen access precisely because no one else in the EU wanted Gypsies in their countries. Precisely because of the disrespectful behavior they display when they set-up shop somewhere.

DHH did not call for them to be shot, he expressed that he would like to deport homeless vagrants who were not Danish citizens. If vagrancy is a crime, then deporting a criminal is not a controversial stance. It is, in fact, standard operating procedure for any nation-state in the world that can afford to do so.

However, his language and rhetoric to invoke shooting wolves (a dangerous and feral animal) in the same sentence (essentially) as deporting Gypsies is, at a minimum, dangerous and irresponsible as it can encourage vigilantism and civil violence where people can take the law into their own hands. It would have been better if he had moderated his language, however strictly speaking - this does not quality as 'literally calling for ethnic cleansing', especially when in the context of deporting non-citizens of a nation state who are accused of criminal activity.

[1] https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/bulgaria-and-romania-...

I would describe DHH as a narcissist. Normal people who don't have a massive ego and hugely inflated view of themselves don't get involved in these societal conversations in the first place, to even be accused of being a fascist.

DHH can be a POS at times, but c'mon - they are painting him like he's a war criminal! It's crazy! He's a nerd who is probably on too much T, probably dealing with some AI psychosis, has a huge ego because of his success, probably should touch grass a little more often and definitely needs a bit more empathy for people who aren't millionaires, but he is not a supervillain.

The world is a big place and there is a lot of data scattered all across the internet; there are over 60 different countries you can move to, whether its through real-estate investment, passive income ‘pensioner’ visas, buying a second passport or parking money in a country’s bank for a couple of years. All of these countries have different costs of living; there is a financial calculator for you to benchmark your lifestyle & expenses, then compare how much you would save against over a thousand different cities. I live in Seattle, so Lord knows its pricey up in here; after seeing firsthand how I could spend three times less money per month living in other countries, it was hard to unsee the Matrix so to speak.

You can access the platform at the link below, and it will immediately launch into a tour.

Platform: https://expatriaonline.com/dashboard

There are a couple of other tools; 1. A Chrome extension called Riverlake that will help you save real-estate listings from platforms across the internet to your Expatria profile for review later. Basically, a tool to help centralize your hunt for international real-estate. 2. Understanding what your current passports visa-free travel options are, and what a potential second passports visa-free travel looks like. 3. A fun achievements system; when you visit a country’s page for the first time (or a city within that country) you will unlock that country’s achievement; each one is hidden by a clue, but you can quickly navigate to them using the Cmd + K command palette built in. I think it’s more fun to use the world atlas, but some countries are so small (like Singapore) that it can be hard to track them down. 4. Embedded Ernst & Young documentation for a given country, embedded CIA Facebook for historical and political data, beautiful hi resolution photos for every country in ‘Daydream’ mode. 5. Comprehensive personal and corporate tax rates for almost every single country.

There is an unauthenticated free tier, but to get full access to the platform is a monthly or annual subscription. Use promo code THANKYOUHN for a free month that unlocks all the countries, immigration programs, cost of living tools and more; you will also be able to join the community slack channel to offer feedback, request features & research to be added. I’ve gotten so much value from reading Hacker News over the years, this is my little way of saying thanks.

In our immediate backlog, we are focusing on launching an online social lounge for members at the end of January, and in the intermediate term to fill in the blanks on many of these government immigration policies. Every program is linked back to official government documentation, but we are working on adding step by step, document by document requirements to help you move things along in an orderly manner.

Would love to hear feedback from the community here, or by sending me an email at michael@expatriaonline.com

Cheers! Michael ‘Misha’ https://calendly.com/michael-expatriaonline/30min

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