Yeah it good.
Interestingly very high correlation with Norwegian society, at least as it was until well into my own childhood.
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People look at Norway and either won't face what it is or why it works (this includes most Norwegians). To some extent it's unknowable, but...
What is readily demonstrable is that Norway has enough sovereign wealth to dwarf that of developed nations with many times its pop.
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And to the extent that this wealth is used for anything else than padding the coffers and gaining interest, it's used for national projects and...
... wealth redistribution.
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Most people I meet in Poland find this absurd - "zomg egalitarianism, isn't that COMMUNIST?" - "what, you GIVE money to immigrants?"
But considering Poland can't fix basic traffic congestion issues or stop their massive pollution, poverty and infrastructural decay, who cares?
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This isn't some impossible problem, by the way. This is the fastest growing economy in Europe.
But bought elites, widespread corruption and (justified) mistrust in govt. breaks the system.
Fuelled by the ridiculous amount of wealth inequality and mass disenfranchisement, ofc.
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I'm not saying this fully explains anything, but:
- The US became the world's by far biggest economy and vindicated the American Dream (for whites) on this platform.
- It's now a shithole after adopting the same economic policies it forced on countries like Poland.
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Some neolib is sure to handwave that correlation does not imply causation.
Hence we can't conjecture that fascism or communism as state ideologies cause mass murder. Gotcha.
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Maybe this doesn't apply to anyone reading this, mind, but I'm about through explaining this stuff to boneheads from countries with awful poverty.
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I'm cognizant, by the way, that much of this may well be propagandistic mythmongering. Norwegian state education is extremely ideological.
But considering the BS used to justify for-profit health care, gerrymandering, racism and perpetual war is most certainly propaganda...
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... propaganda in the interest of a functoning society seems like a minor loss.
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All that being said, I'm pretty sure the generations starting with mine will ruin all of it.
Strongly egotistical. Politically naive. As far as I can tell. May be wrong.