I’ve spent a good deal of time there. It is a remarkable country with remarkable people. What makes it work is a rock solid protestant work ethic culture. Two brief examples:
Walking down the main street in one of Sweden’s largest cities. Restaurants everywhere. People park their baby buggies (with babies in the) on the sidewalk outside the restaurant and then go in and dine. Why? Because their babies are safe.
The buses are honor system. They don’t check whether people swipe their passes when they get on. I have never seen anyone get on a bus in Sweden without dutifully swiping their pass.
If I were to live outside the US, it would be in Sweden.
It’s been a few years since I was there. I understand the Malmo problem. I hope they have not ruined a great nation and a great people.
If some type of socialism is going to work anywhere, it’s in the Scandinavian countries. Scandinavians ave smart, honest and very conscientious. They are the type that are least likely to take advantage of the “system” - they understand that if they screw the system they’re screwing themselves, and anyone that does would be ostracized.
I truly believe that that type of attitude is built into their genes. American Scandinavians in Minnesota and Wisconsin behave similarly.