A secondary observation concerning democracy in general. I'm Norwegian. In my country, unelected bureaucrats have tremendous power.
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The Norwegian democratic system itself is one of the best around. Multipartisan and mostly fair. But a huge amount of power is nondemocratic
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Much power is held by officials who were not elected, but hired.
in Norway, job security is so good they can stay there until they retire.
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Over time, these people develop huge networks. They know laws and regulations better than the elected officials (who are busy with politics)
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