CNN: Should America try to be like Scandinavia?

[Italian (x)lurker]

Scandinavian socio-political system works (or it used to work...) because it's basically comprised of a monolithic group of people (all whites all lutheran back then now don't care a fig 'bout religion types), when you're so diverse like America what you got is a general rat race where people feel entitled to spoil the guy next to them asap and run away.

Won't work, don't even think, you lack the basis.

[alphamale]

Originally Posted by Fiyero

Is that why almost half of Americans reject evolution, and 70% can't even name our 3 branches of government? It's not just inner city citizens who are ignorant. The rural Bible belt is full of very ignorant people who embrace their own stupidity.

I have a very strong faith in God and creation. But I believe in evolution.

That being said, how does evolution cancel out creation?

[Hot_Handz]

Originally Posted by texdav

Really ;ever read about their co-operation with the Nazis i WWII to even taking the gold from the jews killed in concetration camps or their admittig that they keep rather than returned Jewsih bank accounts after WWII.That wasn't that many years ago they appologised and made restitution. Want to be the tax cheat haven of the world?Yep;they are pretty much a not my worry country ksome advocate we become. heck if we had been them we couls have taken advantage alot after WWII especially i nGermany and Japan.I fact I woue bet the russina would have been up to deviding europe.Of course we alos could have just let Russia have its way like so mnay advoacte that we just mind out own business. perhaps what they really mean is that we spend everything o the dependent part of our society and let the rest of the wrold starve. Certainyl they would have been aginst the Marshal plan and insited on the world's copunrties rembursig us for war debt. But then again they learned nothing of the English and frenench doig just this to gremany.Funny that those who advocate we take care of our do not think that way about others doigthat to them i this country.They want free everything with no perosnal burden. Too many dependent on to few doesn't work.

Sure, I know about it well.. And it has much to do with the large faction of Neo-Nazi's that inhabit Sweden today.

But in current events....Sweden doesn't do much at all, at the very most...relatively.

[Haakon]

Originally Posted by alphamale

No they don't. They have a more engaged citizenry who actually respect and value education.

Take our inner city statistics out of the equation and we have the best education system in the world.

Education starts in the home.

If we ignore inner city statistics it makes America look better in every way. Are the inner cities anything but an anchor to America?