Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security…”

Had enough yet?

Soap Box
Ballot Box
Jury Box
Cartridge Box

Which of the 4 do you believe has **ANY** chance of fixing this sick mess?

What are you going to do about it?

See my link (above) for some REAL food for thought…

Thanks for writing about this. I never really knew much about Sweden other than the pittance that is taught in grammar school and, well, IKEA. It is illuminating to hear your first-hand perspective.

You are depressing the hell out of me. But I am thankful for the information. It seems like Sweden has internalized the three civilizational killers: altruism, egalitarianism, collectivism. Such a society could not survive if there didn’t exist better societies elsewhere to bail it out. Also, it seems that most of this occurred before Sweden opened its gates and let the North African’s in. So the race issue doesn’t seem to be significant. It sounds as if Sweden was hellbent on killing itself whatever its racial composition.

Well, if its any consolation, some of the most beautiful women I have ever see have been Swedish / Scandinavian. Something to do with Viking ancestors…

The coffers are shrinking for sure. Unemployment is up, and unrelenting taxation coupled with low salaries serve to prevent any buildup of capital for the majority of people.

10-15 years ago, immigration from Middle-Eastern countries and Turkey started rising. Today I am more likely to hear spoken Arabic when I go outside. The south, notably the city of Malmö, is already being taken over by muslims.

Sweden is the perfect victim for welfare immigration and muslim expansion. Egalitarianism and multiculturalism are pervasive.

As for domestic culture, Sweden feels more like a commune with certain property rights than a nation. The state is everywhere. Virtually everyone goes through the same government education system. Every political party is thoroughly Marxist, some more honestly so than others.

Not that there aren’t good people and good businesses. But I’d say the quintessentially Swedish qualities are jealousy, hatred of the successful, an entitlement mentality, nihilism as sense of life, postmodernism in art and the sacrifice of innocent people for the benefit of violent criminals.

I am currently reading “The New Totalitarians” by Roland Huntford. It deals with Sweden’s history in becoming “…one of the most truly
Marxist countries in existence.”

Thanks for the info.

You speak of cultural differences. I’m curious as to what those are. As I understand it, Sweden was up until recent times an all white country. There are those on the Right that make an interesting argument that small all-white countries can better deal with socialism and minimize its harms in the short term, whereas multi-racialism makes socialism more destructive. I think this may be true especially when it comes to crime. Racial egalitarianism and white guilt are the MAJOR factors outside of altruism pushing America towards socialism.

A small population of 10 million people also helps to minimize the damage. But I think what these Leftists miss is that Sweden and all these semi-socialist countries are Potemkin villages of a sort. Its the fact that America was so productive that allowed for this illusion that socialism works. Once America is crippled, the rest of the world will suffer. Of course Leftists are not capable of understanding this. If they were, they wouldn’t be Leftists.

Needless to say, it also rides piggyback on America and the rest of Europe, technologically and culturally. But there were also immense profits made during WW2 when most countries didn’t, by virtue of its “neutrality” and the sale of steel to the Nazi German war industry and the transport of their troops by train.

Socialism might not be so kind to the US, the country largely responsible for it not crushing other countries to begin with.

All that said, salaries in Sweden are much lower for qualified jobs, and taxes are obviously higher. There’s a noteworthy abscence of that “wealthy middle class” of selfmade success one can find in the US. Other than the truly rich, most people make between that of a store clerk, and about twice as much (doctor). I could go into this, and cultural differences, at some length.

Leftists are in thrall to Sweden. It is their model for what America should become. Could you tell us if Sweden really does have this incredible high living standard combined with a “community conscience” that Leftists always claim. I have had Leftists tell me that Sweden is better that America in all ways. What is the deal with Sweden and Leftists?

Why do you thing that so many Leftists point to Sweden as ideal? If you tell a Leftist, as I have, that socialism or welfare-statism are evil and lead to ruin they always point to Sweden and Scandinavia and tell me that they have a higher living standard and better lifestyles there than us.

In you opinion, is there any truth to this? Why is Sweden so enamored of the Left?

I think it might be difficult for Americans to imagine just how deeply entrenched a longtime welfare state can be. Just remember that in the long run, it never settles for part-ownership.

Democracy is a useful tool for the welfare state. From it is derived a sense of legitimacy, whose abscence always marred the names of more aggressive dictatorships. Some of the latter came and went swiftly, their carnage being as short as it was messy.

The current fascio-socialist states may not be so blunt as to kill millions of their people in a few, short years, but they are built to last and will accomplish the same, only orders of magnitude more.

All with the consent of the (majority of) governed. Very neat.