[POLL] Did/does socialism "work" in Sweden???

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Did/does socialism "work" in Sweden?
	Yes.
	No.

Hector Beerlioz: Jun 16, 2010; aw, hec

ArmZ posted:

basically socialsim works if you aren't a reactionary racist piece of poo poo

Too bad for America

# ? Mar 25, 2016 19:17

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# ? Apr 28, 2024 11:11

Commie NedFlanders: Mar 8, 2014

one of the most successful education reform programs in the history of the world was a direct result of radical left wing politics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV_cx1p8fhE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Literacy_Campaign

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In pre-Revolutionary Cuba, there was a dichotomy between urban citizens and rural citizens (who were often agricultural workers). The Cuban Revolution was driven by the need for equality, particularly among these classes. Before the campaign, the rate of illiteracy among city dwellers was 11%, compared to 41.7% in the countryside.[8]

The Literacy Campaign was designed to force contact between sectors of society that would not usually interact. As Fidel Castro put it in 1961 while addressing literacy teachers, �You will teach, and you will learn.�[6] Volunteers from the city were often ignorant of the poor conditions of rural citizens until their experiences during this campaign. Besides literacy, the campaign aimed to create a collective identity of �unity, [an] attitude of combat, courage, intelligence, and a sense of history.� Politicized educational materials were used to further these ideals.[9] The effort was labeled a movement of �the people� and gave citizens a common goal, increasing solidarity.[10]

quote:

It is estimated that 268,000 Cubans worked to eliminate illiteracy during the Year of Education, and around 707,000 Cubans became literate by December 22, 1961.[20] By 1962, the country�s literacy rate was 96%, one of the highest in the world.[12]

Cuban literacy educators trained during the campaign went on to assist in literacy campaigns in 15 other countries, for which a Cuban organization was awarded the King Sejong Literacy Prize by UNESCO.[21] Additionally, over the past 50 years, thousands of Cuban literacy teachers have volunteered in countries such as Haiti, Nicaragua and Mozambique.[3]

# ? Mar 25, 2016 19:21

TEAH SYAG: Oct 2, 2009; by Lowtax

Socialism and Marxism are the most unsuccessful forms of government in the world, that's why you kids want it

# ? Mar 25, 2016 19:22

SEGA Ass Fisting: Feb 15, 2012; KEEP IT TIGHT!

Yeah actually. It's worked exceedingly well. Hopefully their huge influx of muslim refugees doesn't gently caress it up for them.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 19:23

ArmedZombie: Jun 6, 2004

Hector Beerlioz posted:

Too bad for America

indeed

# ? Mar 25, 2016 19:23

Redmanred: Aug 29, 2005; My hometown japan

Swedish fish are pretty good

# ? Mar 25, 2016 19:26

Commie NedFlanders: Mar 8, 2014

Rape Stink posted:

Yeah actually. It's worked exceedingly well. Hopefully their huge influx of muslim refugees doesn't gently caress it up for them.

cool Anders Brevet quote

jk i'm stupid

Commie NedFlanders fucked around with this message at 19:46 on Mar 25, 2016

# ? Mar 25, 2016 19:30

Commie NedFlanders: Mar 8, 2014

TEAH SYAG posted:

Socialism and Marxism are the most unsuccessful forms of government in the world, that's why you kids want it

right wingers believe that government is inherently evil and can only limit the freedom of the people, if this is true, and if your post is true, then shouldn't freedom loving conservatives support socialist governments?

# ? Mar 25, 2016 19:32

SEGA Ass Fisting: Feb 15, 2012; KEEP IT TIGHT!

Commie NedFlanders posted:

cool Anders Brievek quote

Because having a massive influx of unemployed, unskilled people suddenly on the dole totally isn't going to be a problem in a country with a small population and billions of tax supported social programs.

But whatevs' stick to calling people racist at the drop of a hat if that works for you.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 19:40

skeletonotherkin: Sep 26, 2014

Its a den of revisionism and social fascist traitors. In short no.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 19:43

Commie NedFlanders: Mar 8, 2014

Rape Stink posted:

Because having a massive influx of unemployed, unskilled people suddenly on the dole totally isn't going to be a problem in a country with a small population and billions of tax supported social programs.

But whatevs' stick to calling people racist at the drop of a hat if that works for you.

no yeah i get that it is difficult for any system to handle such a sudden change, but it's good that they are opening their arms to people in need.

i think nations or states that don't want to help with refugee problems should offer to assist the nations that are doing it, so all of these right wing US politicians who want to ban muslims from coming it should offer assistance to nations who are taking it upon themselves to do the good Christian thing

# ? Mar 25, 2016 19:44

Jen X: Sep 29, 2014; To bring light to the darkness, whether that darkness be ignorance, injustice, apathy, or stagnation.

A ILL BREAKFAST posted:

no goku option, voted 1

# ? Mar 25, 2016 20:01

Cake Smashing Boob: Nov 5, 2008; I support black genocide

Rape Stink posted:

Because having a massive influx of unemployed, unskilled people suddenly on the dole totally isn't going to be a problem in a country with a small population and billions of tax supported social programs.

But whatevs' stick to calling people racist at the drop of a hat if that works for you.

https://gupea.ub.gu.se/handle/2077/38323

# ? Mar 25, 2016 20:07

Navin Johnson: Mar 1, 2016

Anderron Shi posted:

nice name jerk

also sorry about ur reg date

I was born a poor stupid child..........................................yesterday.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 20:09

Zzulu: May 15, 2009; (â°ËvËâ°)

I am Swedish and I say KILL EM ALL

# ? Mar 25, 2016 20:09

Zeluth: May 12, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

I lost money on this recently.

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# ? Mar 25, 2016 20:12

Haverchuck: May 6, 2005; the coolest

Commie NedFlanders posted:

no yeah i get that

I can hear the tone in your voice saying this and I want to cave your head in with an axe handle. Im kind of on your side wrt nordic socialism but do not say "no yeah I get that"

# ? Mar 25, 2016 20:28

Cake Smashing Boob: Nov 5, 2008; I support black genocide

Swedish socialism has been v good to me. It hasn't all been positive, though. My aptitude tests put me on track to municipal level state bureaucracy at an early age, which is fine I guess, but I'd have much preferred working with cars, I think. Ultimately the state knows best though, I suppose, and municipal bureaucrats get half as many ration stamps anyway.

:shrug:

# ? Mar 25, 2016 21:23

A Concrete Divider: Jan 20, 2012; The Unbearable Whiteness of Eating

Cake Smashing Boob posted:

Swedish socialism has been v good to me. It hasn't all been positive, though. My aptitude tests put me on track to municipal level state bureaucracy at an early age, which is fine I guess, but I'd have much preferred working with cars, I think. Ultimately the state knows best though, I suppose, and municipal bureaucrats get half as many ration stamps anyway.

is this real stuff or trole

# ? Mar 25, 2016 21:31

Cake Smashing Boob: Nov 5, 2008; I support black genocide

Why would I lie?

# ? Mar 25, 2016 22:22

criscodisco: Feb 18, 2004; do it

I have an old Saab convertible I drive around in the summer, and it works like a charm.

Is Sweden the country where everyone has a stream room? Any country where any time I visit a friend there's a good chance we'll and up pantsless is doing something right.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 22:43

Zooey Dave Chapelle: Oct 27, 2013

I feel somewhat compelled to give my 2 cents on this subject because i was born and raised in the US (Washington state specifically) and I moved to Sweden about 4 years ago which I was able to do because both my parents are Swedish so I was granted Swedish citizenship.

Sweden is not a 'socialist paradise' as many would have you believe. The weed here is way overpriced and mostly poor quality, you end up paying like twice as much for something that is basicly half the quality of what you would get back in the states and good luck trying to find regular buds because 90 percent of the time all your gonna find is hash and not good hash either. I think Sweden has suffered alot from all the anti weed propaganda basicly way back in the 60s to probly the mid 2000's and its only recently they're trying to cut back on that sort of brainwashing because kids are ODing on spice and going crazy. It's really lame how alot of people here see weed as some sort of gateway drug for heroin or cocaine even though I have countless friends in Seattle who have been smoking weed thier whole lives and have never even tried hard drugs. Another hosed up thing is that dealers are really flakey and since they're so scarce it's easy for them to stay in business since theyres so little competition amongst them. Back where I come from you have to have the best product for the best price and be willing to meet anyone at any time if you want to be a successful pot dealer. Anyways, the whole stigma thats attached to you if you smoke weed is terrible, like I could walk into work on Monday morning and tell my coworker that I was blackout drunk all weekend and woke up in a gutter and he would think it's hilarious, maybe even praise me for it.. But if I tell him I smoked a joint and just hung out at home and relaxed he would look at me like I'm a junkie..

Anyways I hope this helps if somehow Bernie manages to elected I'm sure you guys in the States will have it alot better than us in Sweden.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 23:04

Zooey Dave Chapelle: Oct 27, 2013

criscodisco posted:

I have an old Saab convertible I drive around in the summer, and it works like a charm.

Is Sweden the country where everyone has a stream room? Any country where any time I visit a friend there's a good chance we'll and up pantsless is doing something right.

You might be thinking of finland. Saunas/steam rooms are popular here but in Finland I heard there's one sauna to every citizen

# ? Mar 25, 2016 23:07

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

pricklypie posted:

I feel somewhat compelled to give my 2 cents on this subject because i was born and raised in the US (Washington state specifically) and I moved to Sweden about 4 years ago which I was able to do because both my parents are Swedish so I was granted Swedish citizenship.

Sweden is not a 'socialist paradise' as many would have you believe. The weed here is way overpriced and mostly poor quality, you end up paying like twice as much for something that is basicly half the quality of what you would get back in the states and good luck trying to find regular buds because 90 percent of the time all your gonna find is hash and not good hash either. I think Sweden has suffered alot from all the anti weed propaganda basicly way back in the 60s to probly the mid 2000's and its only recently they're trying to cut back on that sort of brainwashing because kids are ODing on spice and going crazy. It's really lame how alot of people here see weed as some sort of gateway drug for heroin or cocaine even though I have countless friends in Seattle who have been smoking weed thier whole lives and have never even tried hard drugs. Another hosed up thing is that dealers are really flakey and since they're so scarce it's easy for them to stay in business since theyres so little competition amongst them. Back where I come from you have to have the best product for the best price and be willing to meet anyone at any time if you want to be a successful pot dealer. Anyways, the whole stigma thats attached to you if you smoke weed is terrible, like I could walk into work on Monday morning and tell my coworker that I was blackout drunk all weekend and woke up in a gutter and he would think it's hilarious, maybe even praise me for it.. But if I tell him I smoked a joint and just hung out at home and relaxed he would look at me like I'm a junkie..

Anyways I hope this helps if somehow Bernie manages to elected I'm sure you guys in the States will have it alot better than us in Sweden.

that your largest complaint is the price of weed tells me that socialism does in fact work

# ? Mar 25, 2016 23:18

A Concrete Divider: Jan 20, 2012; The Unbearable Whiteness of Eating

pricklypie posted:

I feel somewhat compelled to give my 2 cents on this subject because i was born and raised in the US (Washington state specifically) and I moved to Sweden about 4 years ago which I was able to do because both my parents are Swedish so I was granted Swedish citizenship.

Sweden is not a 'socialist paradise' as many would have you believe. The weed here is way overpriced and mostly poor quality, you end up paying like twice as much for something that is basicly half the quality of what you would get back in the states and good luck trying to find regular buds because 90 percent of the time all your gonna find is hash and not good hash either. I think Sweden has suffered alot from all the anti weed propaganda basicly way back in the 60s to probly the mid 2000's and its only recently they're trying to cut back on that sort of brainwashing because kids are ODing on spice and going crazy. It's really lame how alot of people here see weed as some sort of gateway drug for heroin or cocaine even though I have countless friends in Seattle who have been smoking weed thier whole lives and have never even tried hard drugs. Another hosed up thing is that dealers are really flakey and since they're so scarce it's easy for them to stay in business since theyres so little competition amongst them. Back where I come from you have to have the best product for the best price and be willing to meet anyone at any time if you want to be a successful pot dealer. Anyways, the whole stigma thats attached to you if you smoke weed is terrible, like I could walk into work on Monday morning and tell my coworker that I was blackout drunk all weekend and woke up in a gutter and he would think it's hilarious, maybe even praise me for it.. But if I tell him I smoked a joint and just hung out at home and relaxed he would look at me like I'm a junkie..

Anyways I hope this helps if somehow Bernie manages to elected I'm sure you guys in the States will have it alot better than us in Sweden.

Sorry about your crippling pot addiction LOL

# ? Mar 25, 2016 23:20

Strategic Tea: Sep 1, 2012

Depends whether you mean the actual Swedish government or the sound and fury of internet Marxists

# ? Mar 25, 2016 23:27

Hogge Wild: Aug 21, 2012; by FactsAreUseless; Pillbug

Socialism used to work in Sweden until something happened:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42jpuXJPk0w

# ? Mar 25, 2016 23:33

jeff smisek: May 18, 2009

"sweden is so hosed up, the weed here is terrible i want to kill myself"

# ? Mar 25, 2016 23:34

Carol Pizzamom: Jul 13, 2006; a bear you feed is a bear and a steed

pricklypie posted:

I feel somewhat compelled to give my 2 cents on this subject because i was born and raised in the US (Washington state specifically) and I moved to Sweden about 4 years ago which I was able to do because both my parents are Swedish so I was granted Swedish citizenship.

Sweden is not a 'socialist paradise' as many would have you believe. The weed here is way overpriced and mostly poor quality, you end up paying like twice as much for something that is basicly half the quality of what you would get back in the states and good luck trying to find regular buds because 90 percent of the time all your gonna find is hash and not good hash either. I think Sweden has suffered alot from all the anti weed propaganda basicly way back in the 60s to probly the mid 2000's and its only recently they're trying to cut back on that sort of brainwashing because kids are ODing on spice and going crazy. It's really lame how alot of people here see weed as some sort of gateway drug for heroin or cocaine even though I have countless friends in Seattle who have been smoking weed thier whole lives and have never even tried hard drugs. Another hosed up thing is that dealers are really flakey and since they're so scarce it's easy for them to stay in business since theyres so little competition amongst them. Back where I come from you have to have the best product for the best price and be willing to meet anyone at any time if you want to be a successful pot dealer. Anyways, the whole stigma thats attached to you if you smoke weed is terrible, like I could walk into work on Monday morning and tell my coworker that I was blackout drunk all weekend and woke up in a gutter and he would think it's hilarious, maybe even praise me for it.. But if I tell him I smoked a joint and just hung out at home and relaxed he would look at me like I'm a junkie..

Anyways I hope this helps if somehow Bernie manages to elected I'm sure you guys in the States will have it alot better than us in Sweden.

This is a fantastic fakepost

# ? Mar 26, 2016 00:31

Zooey Dave Chapelle: Oct 27, 2013

Cake Smashing Boob posted:

Why would I lie?

# ? Mar 26, 2016 01:04

Alimony Squirrel: Mar 10, 2006; a bip and a bop

pricklypie posted:

I feel somewhat compelled to give my 2 cents on this subject because i was born and raised in the US (Washington state specifically) and I moved to Sweden about 4 years ago which I was able to do because both my parents are Swedish so I was granted Swedish citizenship.

Sweden is not a 'socialist paradise' as many would have you believe. The weed here is way overpriced and mostly poor quality, you end up paying like twice as much for something that is basicly half the quality of what you would get back in the states and good luck trying to find regular buds because 90 percent of the time all your gonna find is hash and not good hash either. I think Sweden has suffered alot from all the anti weed propaganda basicly way back in the 60s to probly the mid 2000's and its only recently they're trying to cut back on that sort of brainwashing because kids are ODing on spice and going crazy. It's really lame how alot of people here see weed as some sort of gateway drug for heroin or cocaine even though I have countless friends in Seattle who have been smoking weed thier whole lives and have never even tried hard drugs. Another hosed up thing is that dealers are really flakey and since they're so scarce it's easy for them to stay in business since theyres so little competition amongst them. Back where I come from you have to have the best product for the best price and be willing to meet anyone at any time if you want to be a successful pot dealer. Anyways, the whole stigma thats attached to you if you smoke weed is terrible, like I could walk into work on Monday morning and tell my coworker that I was blackout drunk all weekend and woke up in a gutter and he would think it's hilarious, maybe even praise me for it.. But if I tell him I smoked a joint and just hung out at home and relaxed he would look at me like I'm a junkie..

Anyways I hope this helps if somehow Bernie manages to elected I'm sure you guys in the States will have it alot better than us in Sweden.

lol you decided to leave right before we legalized it

# ? Mar 26, 2016 01:29

ziasquinn: Jan 1, 2006; Fallen Rib

Haverchuck posted:

I can hear the tone in your voice saying this and I want to cave your head in with an axe handle. Im kind of on your side wrt nordic socialism but do not say "no yeah I get that"

It's the "you do realIze blah blah right?" That triggers me, personally. Meinself

# ? Mar 26, 2016 01:41

Schweinhund: Oct 23, 2004

this should answer your question https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbs64GvGgPU

# ? Mar 26, 2016 02:17

Keep Autism Wired: Feb 22, 2009; Kristen Schaal Lub Club

Schweinhund posted:

this should answer your question https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbs64GvGgPU

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA2ehJcwoFA

# ? Mar 26, 2016 02:19

Neurosis: Jun 10, 2003; Fallen Rib

people replying to the weed post seriously are reallu stupid

# ? Mar 26, 2016 03:18

Hometown Slime Queen: Oct 26, 2004; the GOAT

yah it really put de sveden in de voogen der doogen

# ? Mar 26, 2016 03:23

OXBALLS DOT COM: Sep 11, 2005; by FactsAreUseless; Young Orc

I hear swedens days are numbered now that the migrants are setting up shop

# ? Mar 26, 2016 03:32

OXBALLS DOT COM: Sep 11, 2005; by FactsAreUseless; Young Orc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42jpuXJPk0w

# ? Mar 26, 2016 03:35

Mumpy Puffinz: Aug 11, 2008; Nap Ghost

i like that half this thread is on probation

# ? Mar 26, 2016 03:38

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# ? Apr 28, 2024 11:11

Danger Mahoney: Mar 19, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

The Nordic countries are basically the rich gated community of Europe, so yeah you can get away with a lot there that wouldn't work out anywhere an appreciable number of poor people actually live.

# ? Mar 26, 2016 07:05

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