Straight up selfish and personal: Malta is not in NATO and it doesn’t have a national history of imperialism or settler colonialism so I could sleep a tiny bit more peacefully at night. It is in the EU which blows, but also would mean I’d have free-ish reign to visit my friends and comrades who live in Europe. The weather is incredible and consistent compared to the wild dichotomy of Midwestern U.S. freezeflame, they have universal Healthcare, and they are world-renown for their inclusivity regarding LGBT people, being labeled the safest place for trans people in the world more than a few times.

The Labour Party is… fine. It’s a socdem party but Malta isn’t imperialist so 🤷 The opposing Nationalist Party has a direct lineage to a pro-Mussolini fascist party, on the other hand. They’ve softened a lot on social issues, going so far as to begin supporting LGBT rights, and are seemingly not in favor of privatizing their healthcare… just an eclectic party with various factions. This all means I wouldn’t be hit with an existential crisis every time the greater evil won.

All selfish, for sure. They’re not exactly based or anything either (although they did at one point in the past have close ties with the DPRK, Kim Jong-Il allegedly spent time learning English there), but I could see myself leading a life I felt was worth living there. Grass is always greener ofc.

edit: just found out abortion is illegal in all cases in Malta. nvm, fuck Europe.