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Sweden described as China of the North
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Sweden described as China of the North

A great deal of what has been touched-on by writers in this forum about Sweden is confirmed in a profile on the country by the Guardian.

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"Ask the Finns and they will tell you that Swedish ultra-feminism has emasculated their men, but they will struggle to drown their sorrows. Their state-run alcohol monopoly stores, the dreaded Systembolaget, were described by Susan Sontag as "part funeral parlour, part back-room abortionist"."

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http://t.co/dTw34jjBvx
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Sweden described as China of the North

In my experience Swedish people travelling people overseas talk like they've been liberated.

Stockholm sounds like one of the most cliquish image-obsessed cities in the world. Too many times I've heard them say "I feel like I can't be like myself until I get out of Sweden". I've had some great times with Swedish chicks in Thailand but I would think they wouldn't be the same back home in Sverige.

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The Swedes are, he says, "highly adept at insulating themselves from each other". They will do anything to avoid sharing a lift with a stranger, as I found out during a day-long experiment behaving as un-Swedishly as possible in Stockholm.

Has anyone here been and experienced this? Does it impact day game?
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Sweden described as China of the North

Quote: (01-29-2014 03:46 PM)draguer Wrote:  

In my experience Swedish people travelling people overseas talk like they've been liberated.

Stockholm sounds like one of the most cliquish image-obsessed cities in the world. Too many times I've heard them say "I feel like I can't be like myself until I get out of Sweden". I've had some great times with Swedish chicks in Thailand but I would think they wouldn't be the same back home in Sverige.

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The Swedes are, he says, "highly adept at insulating themselves from each other". They will do anything to avoid sharing a lift with a stranger, as I found out during a day-long experiment behaving as un-Swedishly as possible in Stockholm.

Has anyone here been and experienced this? Does it impact day game?

Boston has a similar culture. I live with a, "unless it is explicitly said, there is no problem."

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Sweden described as China of the North

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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Yes Sweden is terrible, don't go there!

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Sweden described as China of the North

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!

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Sweden described as China of the North

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

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

I'd love to live in Sweden someday. It might be fucked up in some regards (poor Assange... [Image: sad.gif] ), but the economic prosperity is well worth it. And you can always import a woman, but you can't import the money.

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Yes, if you want a fair appraisal of a Scandinavian country you should ask a Finn.


Thanks for proving my point.

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To be fair, Sweden only recently ceased being a de facto one party state, so you can only blame him for slightly outdated information.


What are you talking about?
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Sweden described as China of the North

Quote: (01-30-2014 02:11 AM)jaakkeli Wrote:  

To be fair, Sweden only recently ceased being a de facto one party state, so you can only blame him for slightly outdated information.

The Social democrats won a majority of the elections in the last century. That does not equal Sweden being a one party state. Although it's debatable how different the eight parties in the Riksdag are from each other, especially nowadays.
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Sweden described as China of the North

This thread makes me wanna Fika
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