Guilty. Not that it's a bad thing, mind you.
“Guilty. Not that it’s a bad thing, mind you.”
It feels good to own stuff.
Here in Sweden we are, indeed, very materialistic too, but fail to admit it.
We prefer to view ourselves as a neutral little country that hands out Nobel prizes. Not as a rich and highly successful country.
Nobel prizes are good, but self-effacing bs is of no use in a World where competition is name of the game.
A great hero from my home city, boxing legend Ingemar Johansson, knew all about this.
- Fight hard or go home, they say.
Ingemar Johansson fought hard, won the match (against ruling heavyweight champion Floyd Paterson) in Madison Square Garden and went home. (Later on, Floyd came over to Sweden and defeated Johansson).
I think we Swedes should focus more on fighting.
We are good at it and when we really engage in combat of one kind or another, the World spins a little bit faster round its axis.
Johansson vs Paterson 6/26/59, round III:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOs896uunsM