Just as Sweden was in the vanguard of postwar social democracy, it
has since the 1990s become a neoliberal experiment. The experiment has
failed, though this fails to register in Sweden itself. No waves rock
the stagnant pools of officialdom: strikes are almost unheard of and
the tabloids are too busy flogging diet tips to bother. The Swedes
cannot let go of their belief in the system. Nor can many on the
European left.

Admittedly, Sweden might seem a haven of
tranquillity compared with other European states. But in the hunt for a
humane social model, Sweden no longer provides the blueprint. Europe's
progressives will have to construct something new. But to do that,
thos...

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Just as Sweden was in the vanguard of postwar social democracy, it
has since the 1990s become a neoliberal experiment. The experiment has
failed, though this fails to register in Sweden itself. No waves rock
the stagnant pools of officialdom: strikes are almost unheard of and
the tabloids are too busy flogging diet tips to bother. The Swedes
cannot let go of their belief in the system. Nor can many on the
European left.

Admittedly, Sweden might seem a haven of
tranquillity compared with other European states. But in the hunt for a
humane social model, Sweden no longer provides the blueprint. Europe's
progressives will have to construct something new. But to do that,
those who let their minds drift northwards for inspiration first have
to wake up: the Swedish dream is over.

It took you two days to come up with something... and you pick an opinion piece? A highly biased one at that? Hahahah!

Let's have a look what wiki and the WHO have to say, shall we?

Responsiveness: The nations with the most responsive health systems are the United States, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Canada, Norway, Netherlands and Sweden.

Well, my oh my. The Scandinavian countries are all right up there in the top! So much for waiting lines.

From wiki:

The Swedish health care system is a, Publicly...

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It took you two days to come up with something... and you pick an opinion piece? A highly biased one at that? Hahahah!

Let's have a look what wiki and the WHO have to say, shall we?

Responsiveness: The nations with the most responsive health systems are the United States, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Canada, Norway, Netherlands and Sweden.

Well, my oh my. The Scandinavian countries are all right up there in the top! So much for waiting lines.

From wiki:

The Swedish health care system is a, Publicly-funded health care system. The state finances the bulk of health care costs, with the patient paying a small nominal fee for examination. The state pays for approximately 95% of medical costs.

When a physician declares a patient to be ill for whatever reason (by signing a certificate of illness/unfitness), the patient is paid a percentage of their normal daily wage from the second day. For the first 14 days, the employer is required to pay this wage, and after that the state pays the wage until the patient is declared fit.
The state also reimburses patients for travel costs to and from the clinic or hospital.

Now, seeing that I am Danish, not Swedish, I'm not that well-versed in the Swedish system (yet) but if it's anything like we do in Denmark, then the EMPLOYER or private insurance picks up the tab for the last 5%. Isn't that sweet of them? .

As for scandals, criminals etc. They are not laws or systems. You'll find criminals in every country. Wanna talk "Walter Reed"?

See ya!

Oh.. and no pop.

Sweden's conservative coalition government has stood still as the financial crisis has engulfed the country.

Oh btw...did you notice, how when things do go crappy, (and they do), is when the right wing are in power? .

The Moderate Party (Swedish: Moderata samlingspartiet: "the Moderate Coalition Party", commonly referred to in Swedish as Moderaterna: "the Moderates") is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden.[1] The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League (Swedish: Allmänna valmansförbundet) by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament. The party has had two other names during its history: the National Organi...

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Sweden's conservative coalition government has stood still as the financial crisis has engulfed the country.

Oh btw...did you notice, how when things do go crappy, (and they do), is when the right wing are in power? .

The Moderate Party (Swedish: Moderata samlingspartiet: "the Moderate Coalition Party", commonly referred to in Swedish as Moderaterna: "the Moderates") is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden.[1] The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League (Swedish: Allmänna valmansförbundet) by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament. The party has had two other names during its history: the National Organization of the Right (Swedish: Högerns riksorganisation) (1938–1952) and the Rightist Party (Swedish: Högerpartiet) (1952–1969)

Oh, you ban me from your clips right in the middle of a conversation (you seemed to have a hissy fit of some sort, lol) but then come over here to talk to me?

go figure. I guess you can't help it.

Yeah, I actually felt this article was a little weak , but very interesting as it was written by a Swede......it has a lot of comments on the guardian site---has generated quite a debate over there! You should go and contribute !

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So anyways, just to finish up our last conversation (before you cut me off when you had your little freak outt):

I asked you if you lived in Sweden, you told me that you go between Denmark and...

Oh, you ban me from your clips right in the middle of a conversation (you seemed to have a hissy fit of some sort, lol) but then come over here to talk to me?

go figure. I guess you can't help it.

Yeah, I actually felt this article was a little weak , but very interesting as it was written by a Swede......it has a lot of comments on the guardian site---has generated quite a debate over there! You should go and contribute !

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So anyways, just to finish up our last conversation (before you cut me off when you had your little freak outt):

I asked you if you lived in Sweden, you told me that you go between Denmark and Sweden as you have homes in both:

I have a house in Sweden and an apartment in Copenhagen, so I jump back
and forth between both homes. But all the Scandinavian countries do
things pretty much the same way.

Then, when I pointed out that Sweden is now number ONE in RAPE in the whole of Europe currently....you suddenly claim this:

No, I call Denmark home.

Bit strange that......


Oh and you also said this to me :

Seems like I hit a nerve, eh? I think citizenbfk is right. You just
don't want to look in the mirror and see that sometimes the US isn't as
brave and free, as it thinks it is. And yet it's going totally bananas
over the elections in Iran.

But later, when I deliver some more uncomfortable facts your way, and I say :

Ooooh, look who's nerve seems to have been hit now

I see American's from both sides of the aisle critiquing their own

country on here all the time....when have you done anything of the like

about your own ?

You screech this:

Who's been hit?? Tell me, are you 8 years old, or something?!?

Get off my clip. I am not into playing nya nya games with you. Go make a rape clip, you're obviously obsessed with it..

Gee, you were the