Re:The only way of being anonymous in Sweden is illegal
by impossiblefork on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @11:43AM
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I don't have enough comments to be able to downvote, so it's not me and it's far from certain that it's a Swede. This is a forum very few people from here frequent.
Re:The only way of being anonymous in Sweden is illegal
by seti0Cha on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @02:58PM
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Citing statistics would be a lot more convincing than basing an argument around a single news story. I was under the impression that crime statistics show a deterioration. Is that not the case? (not a downvoter, btw, but maybe that's what they're objecting to)
Re:The only way of being anonymous in Sweden is illegal
by impossiblefork on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @03:54PM
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Yes, there's absolutely a deterioration.
[Here](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Sweden-c... a graph from Wikipedia showing some violent crimes increasing, but the change is more than just the numbers, and the numbers could now be underestimates because trust in police etc. has dropped.
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The social trust that existed even with strangers and for which there was good reason is largely gone.
My point wasn't about the specific case (obviously multiple horrific murders are not a common occurrence), I meant the general milieu of drug addiction, law-breaking, prostitution; the disgustingly dirty slum conditions that people lived in - all of which was accompanied by police corruption and brutality.
Naturally none of this is popular to bring up in front of Swedes nowadays.
As I see that the downvote of my Swedish-negative comments speaks volumes about how much you guys value freedom of expression.