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01-29-2014, 04:54 PM
The Almost Nearly Perfect People – The Truth About the Nordic Miracle (Jonathan Cape), by Michael Booth, is published on 6 February. It will be BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week from 10 February.
I advise you to take that link with a hefty fist of salt. It's not a news piece, it's a commercial column for the article author's new book. He's just throwing out extreme statements like Swe being a one party state as sound bites. The few claims he actually does provide sources to are uncontroversial.
Oh, and you'll never get a fair appraisal of a Scandinavian country by asking the citizen of another Scandinavian country. The internal competition/rivalries are somewhat fierce.
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01-29-2014, 10:01 PM
Yes Sweden is terrible, don't go there!
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01-29-2014, 11:48 PM
Quote: (01-29-2014 04:54 PM)Vicious Wrote:
The Almost Nearly Perfect People – The Truth About the Nordic Miracle (Jonathan Cape), by Michael Booth, is published on 6 February. It will be BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week from 10 February.
I advise you to take that link with a hefty fist of salt. It's not a news piece, it's a commercial column for the article author's new book. He's just throwing out extreme statements like Swe being a one party state as sound bites. The few claims he actually does provide sources to are uncontroversial.
Oh, and you'll never get a fair appraisal of a Scandinavian country by asking the citizen of another Scandinavian country. The internal competition/rivalries are somewhat fierce.
Oh no, an article critical of Sweden!
the peer review system
put both
Socrates and Jesus
to death
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Sweden described as China of the North
01-30-2014, 12:16 AM
Quote: (01-29-2014 04:54 PM)Vicious Wrote:
Oh, and you'll never get a fair appraisal of a Scandinavian country by asking the citizen of another Scandinavian country. The internal competition/rivalries are somewhat fierce.
This is true. Anytime I've asked a Swede about Norway or vice versa, they hate on the other country.
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Sweden described as China of the North
01-30-2014, 02:11 AM
Quote: (01-29-2014 04:54 PM)Vicious Wrote:
I advise you to take that link with a hefty fist of salt. It's not a news piece, it's a commercial column for the article author's new book. He's just throwing out extreme statements like Swe being a one party state as sound bites.
To be fair, Sweden only recently ceased being a de facto one party state, so you can only blame him for slightly outdated information.
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Oh, and you'll never get a fair appraisal of a Scandinavian country by asking the citizen of another Scandinavian country. The internal competition/rivalries are somewhat fierce.
Yes, if you want a fair appraisal of a Scandinavian country you should ask a Finn.
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Sweden described as China of the North
01-30-2014, 04:04 PM
This thread makes me wanna Fika