At first glance, it seems that the Nordic countries of Europe have become everything the Left admires: prosperous, yet equal and with good social outcomes. And the left loves to attribute it all to socialism. But a closer look shows that what the left admires about Nordic societies is not due to socialism, and that the true lesson from Nordic countries is the importance of free markets and a vibrant work ethic.
Bernie Sanders, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton have one thing in common — they all admire Nordic-style democratic socialism. In a debate with Hillary Clinton, Sanders, for example, said he was going to explain to Americans what democratic socialism is: “I think we should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway and learn from what they have accomplished for their working people.”
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Never mentioned by Bernie or the rest is that under socialism's great benefit Sweden has sunk from being the 4th most wealthy nation with huge budget surpluses to the 14th with high taxes and struggles to balance its budget every year.
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DeleteSocialism in Sweden worked because it was populated by a homogenius mix of 99% swedes. Common language, religion, culture, and work ethic. That ended with mass islic migration. Sweden and all the rest of Europe's social experiments are about to collapse because the immigrants are not swedes and never will be. Just like most immigrants to America will never be American.
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Sweden and all the rest of Europe's social experiments are about to collapse because the immigrants are not swedes and never will be. Just like most immigrants to America will never be American.
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