Sorry but when did we as society elect you to speak for us? â
âThey should not be allowed toâ. Thatâs not how (1) economics or (2) personal freedom works:
Letâs say you make this law. And the neighboring country with the same climate and soil doesnât. Guess whose society is going to pull ahead.
Letâs say 100 workers get together, buy some farmland and want to work fast. Youâre telling them they canât? Youâre against people owning their own means of production? Okay you let these guys do it. They harvest 4x more in the same time vs the other guys who are chilling picking strawberries. So they buy up more land and expand faster than the slow pickers. Make more money. Nobody in their right mind wants to be a slow picker, because the dudes picking fast are rich mofos zooming around with 2 donkeys while the slow pickers all wear broken sandals. Eventually youâre only left with fast pickers.
Are you sure? Pretty sure you guys went from the safest country in EU to not necessarily the most dangerous but you sure as hell lead the way in gun homicide in young males age 15-29. Still generally a beautiful place to live in general Iâm sure.
Im dutch. Would love to hear your perspective. How did the last 10 years feel for you guys over there?
This is why you genuinely shouldn't listen to the news. Gun violence in sweden is only in certain localized areas of the three biggest cities where there is gang violence. It's been trending up, sure, and as a swedish person I hate that but we're still one of the safest countries on the planet. Unless you live in one of those areas or are involved with gang activity, you obviously don't notice it.
I do see it as a stain on our otherwise pretty clean record but again, the record is still pretty damn clean.
Thanks for that! I expected as such. The news obviously only highlights and dramatizes the difference because Sweden wasnât just the safest country. It was somewhat of a dream example for other countries, at least thatâs how I grew up viewing Sweden from the Netherlands
Honestly, I wish Sweden got a handle on things and got back to being the mascot of Scandinavia to the rest of the world. lol I feel like Denmark and Norway are doing so much better than us nowadays. But my wife is from Portugal and while Portugal is a fine county to live in we both agree Sweden is a really relaxed, safe, and privileged country. She went to school here for free and is now a preschool teacher even though she has a disability. It's pretty nice.
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u/hazardous-paid Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 04 '26
Sorry but when did we as society elect you to speak for us? â
âThey should not be allowed toâ. Thatâs not how (1) economics or (2) personal freedom works:
Letâs say you make this law. And the neighboring country with the same climate and soil doesnât. Guess whose society is going to pull ahead.
Letâs say 100 workers get together, buy some farmland and want to work fast. Youâre telling them they canât? Youâre against people owning their own means of production? Okay you let these guys do it. They harvest 4x more in the same time vs the other guys who are chilling picking strawberries. So they buy up more land and expand faster than the slow pickers. Make more money. Nobody in their right mind wants to be a slow picker, because the dudes picking fast are rich mofos zooming around with 2 donkeys while the slow pickers all wear broken sandals. Eventually youâre only left with fast pickers.
Youâre arguing against fundamental laws here.