Considering criticism as "anti-Estonia propaganda" is something very Estonian. I guess that when people criticize North Korea, it's just propaganda? No? How about facing the facts?
- The E-id has a lot of tech debt.
- Estonia is very far from being a "high tech country". Bus stops don't tell you the expected wait time, very few businesses are online, it's often complex to interact with the ones that are if you don't use a local bank, as apparently it's too hard to use Stripe. My internet provider doesn't support recurring payments and I can't pay with a credit card.
- Estonian data collection is creepy. For instance, they collected around 10% of the country's inhabitants' dna to make "medecine of the future". In a country where you have to wait > 1 month to get an appointment for a general doctor and where you pay 20% VAT on pharmaceuticals, right.
- Corruption is widespread in some layers of the society. Bribing public servant for school/kindergarten is common (I know many people who did it...). Tallinn's chronic mismanagement is probably due to the fact that town hall officials go work to the companies that deal with the city - Bolt being one of the first that comes to mind. Also, the massive money laundering scheme that got Danske Bank caught was known by every bank in the country, and all took part to it. The country being so small, it's very very easy to corrupt the right people, and it's quite cheap.
- Can we talk about the fact that several government and city officials drive Bolt cabs to make ends meet?
- Estonian tax system is crazy regressive. 20% vat on food! 20% flat income tax! Wtf is wrong with you guys?
Instead of doing ads like this article, the government should maybe work on reducing the sky high preventable disease rates, mental issues in the population, find actual solution for the estonian language problem (as not telling people, "lol just learn Estonian by yourself dude"), stop reducing the spending in education, fund Estonian culture, which is now either a thing for tourists or an source of extractable public funding for the affluent Estonians.
By the way, take care of your monuments - I've seen so many old manors (Mois) falling in ruins, it's a real shame. Maybe that's a better long term investment that another german SUV bought on leasing.
- The E-id has a lot of tech debt.
- Estonia is very far from being a "high tech country". Bus stops don't tell you the expected wait time, very few businesses are online, it's often complex to interact with the ones that are if you don't use a local bank, as apparently it's too hard to use Stripe. My internet provider doesn't support recurring payments and I can't pay with a credit card.
- Estonian data collection is creepy. For instance, they collected around 10% of the country's inhabitants' dna to make "medecine of the future". In a country where you have to wait > 1 month to get an appointment for a general doctor and where you pay 20% VAT on pharmaceuticals, right.
- Corruption is widespread in some layers of the society. Bribing public servant for school/kindergarten is common (I know many people who did it...). Tallinn's chronic mismanagement is probably due to the fact that town hall officials go work to the companies that deal with the city - Bolt being one of the first that comes to mind. Also, the massive money laundering scheme that got Danske Bank caught was known by every bank in the country, and all took part to it. The country being so small, it's very very easy to corrupt the right people, and it's quite cheap.
- Can we talk about the fact that several government and city officials drive Bolt cabs to make ends meet?
- Estonian tax system is crazy regressive. 20% vat on food! 20% flat income tax! Wtf is wrong with you guys?
Instead of doing ads like this article, the government should maybe work on reducing the sky high preventable disease rates, mental issues in the population, find actual solution for the estonian language problem (as not telling people, "lol just learn Estonian by yourself dude"), stop reducing the spending in education, fund Estonian culture, which is now either a thing for tourists or an source of extractable public funding for the affluent Estonians.
By the way, take care of your monuments - I've seen so many old manors (Mois) falling in ruins, it's a real shame. Maybe that's a better long term investment that another german SUV bought on leasing.