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Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by durnygbur on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @05:50AM (#28140040)
The businesses aren't any more ethical in welfare states. Welfare states set the financial burden on individuals - the contributions on employment contracts, dividend and capital gains taxes there are obnoxiously enourmous. An individual there basically gets a job to take a mortgage and that's it regarding life aspirations.
Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by throwawaylinux on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:35AM (#28140334)
I wouldn't use the word ethical, or give agency to a legal entity.

It's people who own and run businesses, and it's not unethical for people to want to put themselves in a better financial situation rather than a worse one.

Many who would call a business unethical for moving somewhere with a more favorable regulatory environment are entirely in favor of economic migrants moving to welfare states to be better off. They might argue the business should pay back the benefits it got from the welfare state, but would probably bristle at the suggestion that the migrants were unethical for wanting to benefit without paying into it.

In the end it's the same thing really, human nature. Nothing about a business generates any kind of ethics or generosity beyond what people have.

Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by cycomanic on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:06AM (#28140147)
You base your assertion on what evidence? Do you know what the capital gains tax is in Sweden? I encourage you to look up the ISK accounts.

Also regarding getting a job to take a mortgage for life aspirations, the nordic countries have actually much more social mobility than most other countries in the world.

Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by durnygbur on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @09:02AM (#28141482)
Both dividend and capital gains taxes in Sweden are 30%.
Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by occz on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @03:39PM (#28146703)
ISKs (Investeringssparkonto, Investment savings account) are taxed at a flat amount of the account value per year, replacing capital gains taxes. In 2021, it will be 0,375%.
Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by fsloth on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @05:57AM (#28140086)
"An individual there basically gets a job to take a mortgage and that's it regarding life aspirations."

Doesn't that describe most if not all economies that have middle class?

Private mortgage was considered a great way to increase national wealth in "rich" post-WW2 economies. And so it became part of "the expected economic life path of the middle-class employee".

Most people who are employed work to satisfy basic economic needs: 1. house 2. food 3. health and after that 4. leisure. Some even turn to 5. investment at some point.

So I'm not sure what you are trying to say? Maybe expand/rephraze it a little bit?

Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by theelous3 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:06AM (#28140149)
As opposed to americans who... do exactly what differently?
Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by Milner08 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @05:58AM (#28140090)
Found the American... You're kidding yourself if you think that's it for life aspirations. Or if you think the taxes are the end of the world. I am sure most people in 'welfare states' would agree that they would rather that than the American system.
Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by durnygbur on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @09:00AM (#28141472)
I'm not American, barely ever been in America even...