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Did/does socialism "work" in Sweden?
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Uncle Wemus
Mar 4, 2004

Whats with all the probations

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Danger Mahoney
Mar 19, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
Shitposting getting reined in. There are a lot of shitposters so there you go.

I don't think it's gonna work out all that well because of dnd's relationship with bad opinions threads but it's kind of interesting.

Tenzarin
Jul 24, 2007
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Taco Defender
SwedenSwitzerland makes everyone go into the military and they all know how to use guns. Their country is like living in Starship troppers the movie.

Take that Liberals.

edit:Damnit thats switzerland actually

Tenzarin fucked around with this message at 08:59 on Mar 26, 2016

baalaagaa
Apr 9, 2004
If by socialism you mean rape, then it is working extremely well for Sweden.

Elukka
Feb 18, 2011

For All Mankind

Ex-Priest Tobin posted:

If Nordic countries are such utopias why do they put out so many angry sounding extreme metal bands?
Sometimes it gets so chill and good you just gotta praise Satan for a bit to balance it out

Although honestly the fashion now at least in Finland is to dismantle all of it and kill the middle class and the economy with it because right wing doctrine says this will result in Growth.

pricklypie posted:

You might be thinking of finland. Saunas/steam rooms are popular here but in Finland I heard there's one sauna to every citizen
Yeah basically every house and some flats have their own sauna. Apartment buildings will at the very least have a common one in the basement.

Danger Mahoney posted:

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.
Do you think they were just... always rich? Like basically all of Finland used to be poor as poo poo farmers. You "get away with it" by not having a massive underclass of people living in poverty unable to contribute to the economy.

Danger Mahoney
Mar 19, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Elukka posted:

Do you think they were just... always rich? Like basically all of Finland used to be poor as poo poo farmers. You "get away with it" by not having a massive underclass of people living in poverty unable to contribute to the economy.

I used the term "gated community" because they have the strictest immigration laws of the wealthy nations. Don't allow any more poor people in then use use economically progressive policies to build the status of the people who are already there and things work out nicely. It's an entirely different animal when you're talking about ensuring the stability of a rotating door of economic refugees.

suck my woke dick
Oct 10, 2012

:siren:I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!:siren:

Put this cum-loving slave on ignore immediately!

Commie NedFlanders posted:

Germany has labor laws that would be considered full blown Ernesto "Che" Communism in the US

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



With these kind of socialist labor laws, universal education subsidized by the state, and robust health care, Germany has become to economy powerhouse of the EU

:agreed:, but neoliberal economics followed by merkelnomics is changing things so that germany will be only the least bad eurocountry instead of objectively doing well in 30 years

The Brown Menace
Dec 24, 2010

Now comes in all colors.


Danger Mahoney posted:

I used the term "gated community" because they have the strictest immigration laws of the wealthy nations.

lol

Hogge Wild
Aug 21, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Pillbug

Danger Mahoney posted:

I used the term "gated community" because they have the strictest immigration laws of the wealthy nations. Don't allow any more poor people in then use use economically progressive policies to build the status of the people who are already there and things work out nicely. It's an entirely different animal when you're talking about ensuring the stability of a rotating door of economic refugees.

lol you retard

Danger Mahoney
Mar 19, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
Lol it's true my friends namaste

glowstick party tonight
Oct 4, 2003

by zen death robot
I hope ru paul is trumps VP, you better work

nomadologique
Mar 9, 2011

DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO
not for long, lmao

nomadologique
Mar 9, 2011

DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO
europe is going to collapse in tremendous apocalyptic fashion under immigration pressure, and we will shake our heads in wonder and rue, decades too late, realizing that osama bin laden won far more decisively than we could have foreseen

nomadologique
Mar 9, 2011

DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO
just a heads up to the europeans yall better start arming yourself now, it's going to be hell

eSports Chaebol
Feb 22, 2005

Yeah, actually, gamers in the house forever,
the only socialism that Sweden ever experienced was National Socialism and arguably it did work but then the Allies hosed it up

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

eSports Chaebol posted:

the only socialism that Sweden ever experienced was National Socialism and arguably it did work but then the Allies hosed it up

Did the Nazis get into Sweden?

A Strange Aeon
Mar 26, 2010

You are now a slimy little toad
The Great Twist

nomadologique posted:

europe is going to collapse in tremendous apocalyptic fashion under immigration pressure, and we will shake our heads in wonder and rue, decades too late, realizing that osama bin laden won far more decisively than we could have foreseen

Your posts are usually more grounded; in my time in GBS I've come to enjoy your posts, even trust them.

Can you elaborate on your apocalyptic views?

CAPT. Rainbowbeard
Apr 5, 2012

My incredible goodposting transcends time and space but still it cannot transform the xbone into a good console.
Lipstick Apathy

Ex-Priest Tobin posted:

If Nordic countries are such utopias why do they put out so many angry sounding extreme metal bands?

Because metal is awesome.

Zombiepop
Mar 30, 2010

pricklypie posted:

-wall of text slandering swedish weed-

U need better connections man, the weed is fine dude, atleast on the west coast and in skåne. Sometimes the dealers sell hash, but mostly its green. It is expensive tho.

Zzulu
May 15, 2009

(▰˘v˘▰)
Lets all meet up in Stockholm and smoke weed

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Zzulu posted:

Lets all meet up in Stockholm and smoke weed

jesus christ.

Ok

von Braun
Oct 30, 2009


Broder Daniel Forever

Zombiepop posted:

U need better connections man, the weed is fine dude, atleast on the west coast and in skåne. Sometimes the dealers sell hash, but mostly its green. It is expensive tho.

i have only heard of and seen hash here in sweden.

Zombiepop
Mar 30, 2010
That's weird. Maybe its different depending on region or something.

jeff smisek
May 18, 2009


Zzulu posted:

Lets all meet up in Stockholm and smoke weed

I'm coming soon. ..from COLORADO :co:

Zooey Dave Chapelle
Oct 27, 2013
https://youtu.be/RQqTU2P4NWg

AugmentedVision
Feb 17, 2011

by exmarx


post mor ehot swedish girls

Drad_Bert
Jun 26, 2013

by Smythe
goku

Uxzuigal
Jan 16, 2013

Chill Berserker Dude

Ex-Priest Tobin posted:

If Nordic countries are such utopias why do they put out so many angry sounding extreme metal bands?

We need something to scare weak people away with. :p
Anywys, I don'tr think Sweden is an utopia, they've got big issues with extremism (both radical islam and nazis) atm. Norway is abit better, but we still got radical Islam/IS supporters, less nazi poo poo though, for now thankfuly.

Zzulu
May 15, 2009

(▰˘v˘▰)

jeff smisek posted:

I'm coming soon. ..from COLORADO :co:

You need to show us the true meaning of :420:

cool new Metroid game
Oct 7, 2009

hail satan

it works!

kissekatt
Apr 20, 2005

I have tasted the fruit.

AugmentedVision posted:



post mor ehot swedish girls
You first.

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc
This doesn't look like it works all that well:

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

jeff smisek
May 18, 2009


Zzulu posted:

You need to show us the true meaning of :420:

All i know is that is smells like bad skunks all over the place now. You don't want sweden to be skunkified. Also lots of weed bums begging on the streets now

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec

Mange Mite posted:

This doesn't look like it works all that well:

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

lol @ scooter dude, a hero

Nut to Butt
Apr 13, 2009

by FactsAreUseless

Hector Beerlioz posted:

lol @ scooter dude, a hero

the cowards left him. rip[

The Brown Menace
Dec 24, 2010

Now comes in all colors.


swedistan doesn't seem to be working for malmö, where 20% of all social workers and 15% of all elementary teachers left their jobs in 2015 alone, citing horrible working conditions as their reason

https://translate.google.com/transl...b-i-malmo-stad/

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Bipolar Transistor
Feb 21, 2016

I said a flip, flop, the hippie the hippie to the flip flop flop, you dont stop the rock it to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat

Elukka posted:

Although honestly the fashion now at least in Finland is to dismantle all of it and kill the middle class and the economy with it because right wing doctrine says this will result in Growth.

That's on the left side over here.

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