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I was watching Rick Steves’s Europe the other day. I think he was in Oslo at the Oslo City Hall a very imposing building and a tourist attraction. He mentioned that in the Scandanavian countries in northern Europe, government buildings are big attractions and are very popular. He mentioned the people who live in these countries don’t mind paying high taxes and expect much services from their government. He also pointed out that churches in this region tend to be very modest and that church attendance among the general population is quite low. Seems to me we are exactly on the same path.

I remember seeing that episode. Can't remember if it was Oslo or Stockholm. The thing I took away from it is that those countries can probably get away with socialism because most of their population probably contributes to the pot which pays for the services. They did not strike me as countries with "47%" of their people on the dole and they did not appear to have illegals pouring over their borders.

They do have lots of immigrants, I don’t know if legal or not. But as with the rest of Europe, they (Scandinavian countries) have burgeoning Muslim populations.