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Denmark and Sweden are also two highly irrelevant countries on the world stage and their people are so socialized and zombified that they have no ambitions or expectations for themselves or their country. Have people from these countries won any Nobel prizes in science, literature, or medicine lately? Are they trailblazers in technology like the USA?
I have no interest in the great USA becoming mediocre and inconsequential -- and happy about it -- like many small European countries.
Denmark has won 2.3, Sweden 3.01 nobel prices per mil citizen whereas USA has 1.01. So apparently our method of free education for everyone regardless of social standing works just fine.
Talk about taking socialism to the extreme. Their government is basically paternalistic (parents for the people). I'm not sure that is a good thing at all.
It's their system, it's successful for them and they are obviously happy with it. Not everybody wants or aspires to the type of economic system that Americans have.
The thing that seems to predominate in economic systems like these is that people have a greater sense of community and doing what is best for the common good than Americans have. The basic American Conservative ethos is I've got mine and if you don't have yours then **** you.
I'd assume people would be happy when things are provided free by the government. Maybe it's easier for Sweden and Denmark to have the systems they have when you consider their population size. Denmark has about 5 million people and Sweden has about 9 million people. How would those systems translate to America's 300 million population? Also how sustainable would a Nordic style system be for America when considering the changes coming with our taxpayer population? 78 million U.S baby boomers are entering retirement. Who do you tax to support an American Nordic style system?
I didn't see Sweden, Denmark, Finland, or Norway mentioned in this story. Overall unemployment tends to lower in these countries compared to England, France and Germany.
they get much more for the tax dollar than we do. i have been to scandinavia and i have family there. they do not understand our societal views. they don't understand why we crap on our neighbors.
their seniors are set for retirement. they don't need to cut their pills in half to be able to afford their heating bills like some of our seniors. it's gut wrenching to see how poorly our grandmas and grandpas get treated.
American culture is an individual oriented culture. The cultures in Scandinavian countries are more community oriented. If that is the cultural tradition and you've been brought up in that type of culture then it's easy to adapt to.
We are also society that doesn't take care of old people well. That's what happens in an individual oriented society.
When I was in Sweden many years ago, I found the people the be much more relaxed than Americans. They don't have to worry about the things Americans do and they aren't so competitive to keep up with the Jorgensons and Olsons.
Yep, we have that here.
It's called childhood.
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