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Re:Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed by simianparrot on Thursday February 06, 2025 @04:16AM (#42960568)
While I'm a Norwegian, this is the first time in decades where I actually feel respect and hopeful about what the US is doing domestically and internationally. And I hope it rubs off on Europe as well, we badly need it.

I also really hope RFK jr. gets the HHS position. That would be the frosting on the cake.

Re:Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed by padolsey on Thursday February 06, 2025 @04:29AM (#42960654)
OOC What are examples of things the US is doing right now that you'd like Norway/EU to pursue? Like, specifically?
Re:Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed by simianparrot on Thursday February 06, 2025 @04:44AM (#42960745)
For many EU countries, Germany in particular, getting a control on borders and illegal migration and asylum entries is something I think is long overdue, already causing a lot of large-scale issues. Mind I'm talking about migration, not the already strict immigration structures. Legal immigration works well in most EU countries, but the slack control of illegal migration and asylum seeker holding areas means you're practically "punished" for entering legally vs. illegally.

Ref: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-reports-sharp-increase-in-ille...

For Norway particular, I look at what DOGE is doing and would love something similar here, even if our wasteful spending is "nothing" in direct comparison. But we're also a country of only 5.5m and proportionally there's still a massive amount of government waste on things like "foreign aid" where time and time again it ends up going to warlords and despots and back into the pockets of politicians.

Seeing as the original parent comment to mine got flagged and removed, I'm not going to bother explaining anymore, as I'm already receiving significant downvotes for even agreeing with it, and this will likely get flagged and removed as well.

I really wish HN didn't turn into Reddit, but here we are

Re:Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed by SiempreViernes on Thursday February 06, 2025 @04:59AM (#42960836)
The above is a reminder that "Norwegian" is a big group of people that includes Anders Behring Breivik who killed 67 teenagers because he didn't like their political opinions.

For balance I should say that among Norwegians you can also find Vegard and Bård Ylvisåker who made the important cultural contribution "What does the Fox say"?

Re:Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed by simianparrot on Thursday February 06, 2025 @08:56AM (#42962321)
What the fuck are you implying here..? I mentioned I’m Norwegian because I’m not an American, in response to a now-removed comment that mentioned the effects on the rest of the world.