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Re:Swedish painters trade union to stop all work with Tesla ... by sgu999 on Friday November 10, 2023 @09:08AM (#38219002)
Unless you're already a millionaire, you should be happy to live in Finland and not in a more "flexible" economy like the US. No public healthcare, guns everywhere, no workers rights... No thanks. I'll take the much lower GDP per capita of my country for a better chance of living a decent life here.

As for a better hypothesis as to why the US economy is so powerful: "The Prize" or "Guns, Germs and Steel".

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Re:Swedish painters trade union to stop all work with Tesla ... by bjornsing on Friday November 10, 2023 @09:14AM (#38219078)
In many ways it’s actually the other way around: If you already are a millionaire then the Nordic countries are wonderful places to live. But if you’re not, but young, talented and ambitious, then the US is the place to be.
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Re:Swedish painters trade union to stop all work with Tesla ... by sgu999 on Friday November 10, 2023 @09:22AM (#38219179)
"young, talented and ambitious" seems like a rather small portion of the population of a country
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Re:Swedish painters trade union to stop all work with Tesla ... by bjornsing on Friday November 10, 2023 @09:29AM (#38219286)
Sure, I’ll concede this much: if you’re middle age, mediocre and lazy then the Nordic countries are a paradise on earth.
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Re:Swedish painters trade union to stop all work with Tesla ... by danaris on Friday November 10, 2023 @09:48AM (#38219502)
Ah, yes: because if you're not "ambitious", aka "driven to become a multi-millionaire, no matter what it costs to get there", then you must be mediocre and lazy.

Nice false dichotomy there.

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Re:Swedish painters trade union to stop all work with Tesla ... by bjornsing on Friday November 10, 2023 @10:48AM (#38220314)
I’m not saying that there are no upsides with the Nordic model. But like any system, it also has downsides. How you feel about those upsides and downsides largely comes down to personality and (largely political) values.
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Re:Swedish painters trade union to stop all work with Tesla ... by speedgoose on Friday November 10, 2023 @10:10AM (#38219788)
You also should hope that your children and grandchildren will also be hardworking, talented, and ambitious.
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Re:Swedish painters trade union to stop all work with Tesla ... by Hikikomori on Friday November 10, 2023 @09:16AM (#38219110)
While no country comes close to USA Finland does have a lot of guns.
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Re:Swedish painters trade union to stop all work with Tesla ... by hef19898 on Friday November 10, 2023 @09:58AM (#38219622)
But a lot less gun violence. Which is actually the point.
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Re:Swedish painters trade union to stop all work with Tesla ... by waihtis on Friday November 10, 2023 @10:10AM (#38219796)
You didn't read the argument did you. The problem is that the welfare state is becoming impossible to run because there's not enough money in the economy.
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Re:Swedish painters trade union to stop all work with Tesla ... by sgu999 on Friday November 10, 2023 @10:41AM (#38220208)
You didn't read my comment did you. I gave you pointers with other reasons why the economy may not be thriving, if that's even the true for Finland.

You have many counter-examples of countries doing fine with a welfare state, but instead you cherry pick an example of one of the countries that you consider does "well" without one.

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Re:Swedish painters trade union to stop all work with Tesla ... by waihtis on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:57PM (#38222946)
Did you reply to the wrong comment?
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