Nordic Welfare State being cut down to size

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Originally Posted by iris lilies

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Exactly. I am interested in where things are going since that Nordic mono-culture has been changed to be more diverse. I always roll my eyes when the Scandinavians are compared to the U.S. because culture and attendant values matter especially in health issues.

When we take our state of, say, Idaho or New Hampshire and compare social issues to a Scandinavian country there are many parallels, it is often a match up. Not so much with Mississippi, Alabama, and that cultural mixing bowl California.

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Sweden has a population of around 9.6 million so it's hard to use it as an accurate comparison to even a smallish urban city area in the USA let alone the whole nation. I think 9.6 million is about the population of just Los Angeles alone not even counting the urban area metro sprawl. My grandparents are from Sweden and I've spend lots of time there (and absolutely love it!) but it is very culturally and socially insular - although that is changing and not all Swedes are too happy about that.