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Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by jeofken on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:40AM (#28140365)
> "We have been naive" and "we didn't see it coming"

For context it should be noted that these two famous quotes by the prime minister and staff were not in the context of software or business, but regarding violent crime and the demographic shift away from natives ethnic homogeneity

Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by zibzab on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:02AM (#28140510)
That was said during the pandemic.

I feel you are pushing a narrative here.

Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by ynfnehf on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:56AM (#28140886)
Those specific quotes (or rather direct translations of quotes) were said in regards to bad integration policy (by Stefan Löfven in 2015 and 2019).

There has probably been said things with similar sentiment in regards to the pandemic. But not those two specific ones.

Even though I agree OP is pushing a narrative a bit too much, your correction is also wrong. Since these were not said during the pandemic.

Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by jeofken on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @10:21AM (#28142319)
My comment cleared up that the quotes were out of context, and in pretty dry words explained in what context they were said. If simply stating the context is pushing a narrative, we can’t converse.
Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by jeofken on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:18AM (#28140604)
That I had missed - but that is also not the topic of IT or business, so the point stands

> I feel you are pushing a narrative here.

Your feelings are beyond my control

Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by guerrilla on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @01:36PM (#28145078)
> Your feelings are beyond my control

Clever, yet generally false. How we behave and what we say impacts other people's feelings in general.

Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by advanced-DnD on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @11:50AM (#28143549)
It was not, I feel you are pushing another narrative here.
Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by CRConrad on Thursday August 12, 2021 @05:20AM (#28153969)
> > "We have been naive" and "we didn't see it coming"

> For context it should be noted that these two famous quotes by the prime minister and staff were not in the context of software or business, but regarding violent crime and the demographic shift away from natives ethnic homogeneity

It's been used (and roundly criticised from the right) mainly in those contexts recently, but also for pretty much anything they've screwed up for over a decade now.

IMO the right (both the "accepted" traditional parties and the newer populist ones) is basically right in asking, "If you can't see fricking anything coming, are you really qualified to run the country?" It may work as an excuse the first few times, but it wears out pretty quickly; AFAICS the point where it shows not how hugely unpredictable the consequences of their actions are, but just how bad at predicting / willing to ignore them they are has long since been passed.

Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by imartin2k on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:56AM (#28140476)
It was also used during the pandemic.