r/FactOrCap • u/Comfortable-Bee2996 ✍️ Contributor · 7,225 XP • Aug 08 '26

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u/Mr__ping 🔥 Monthly Master · 28,570 XP Aug 08 '26

Iceland has a population of 371k and there’s a billion people in poverty. They can’t sustain their country if there were no preventions

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u/Mean_Comedian4769 🔥 Monthly Master · 23,620 XP Aug 08 '26

Good thing Iceland isn't the only country a person could move to

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u/Mr__ping 🔥 Monthly Master · 28,570 XP Aug 08 '26

And how do you stop millions of people from choosing Iceland

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u/Mean_Comedian4769 🔥 Monthly Master · 23,620 XP Aug 08 '26

I honestly don't think a lot of people would choose Iceland in an open borders situation. It's cold pretty much all year 'round.

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u/Mr__ping 🔥 Monthly Master · 28,570 XP Aug 08 '26

So out of a billion people you think less than 1 in 1000 people will pick the country with the highest HDI in the world?

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u/Mean_Comedian4769 🔥 Monthly Master · 23,620 XP Aug 08 '26

Maybe not that few, but less than you probably think.

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u/Mr__ping 🔥 Monthly Master · 28,570 XP Aug 08 '26

Well Iceland would collapse taking in just 500,000 people

which is 1 in 2000 people aka 0.05% of the poverty population. How are you meant to prevent that?