Social democracy worked in Scandinavia because they were small homogeneous countries linked by a common religion, culture and values.
That doesn’t exist today. The Swedish “third way” can’t be replicated in the US because its so different.
Social democracy was less about theoretical doctrine than practical improvisation and adapting Marxism mediated via Eduard Bernstein, to the reality of democracy.
“Social democracy worked in Scandinavia because they were small homogeneous countries linked by a common religion, culture and values.”
The point of this article is that it *didn’t* work, even with all those “advantages.”
The Scandinavian socialism was unsuccessful because just as in the rest of Europe and in the US, it led to a steep drop in the birthrate of the taxpaying population. There is a reason why socialism thrives in the US today (politically, not economically): The “takers” are half of the population, and enough of the “makers” fear they’ll need the “safety net” someday (not as a way of life, but in a pinch) - and they want it to be there.
All European socialism worked for a generation then fell apart; the money and children ran out.