Nordic countries: the myth of socialist paradises

[Anonymous]

All countries have problems. But, Scandinavia has fewer of them.

[Odinson]

There are near 300k registered companies in Finland.



67 of them are fully, majority or minority owned by the state.





Liquor-stores are 100% owned by the state... So is gambling.

[Anonymous]

There are near 300k registered companies in Finland.



67 of them are fully, majority or minority owned by the state.





Liquor-stores are 100% owned by the state... So is gambling.

Manitoba, newxt door only has government owned liquor stores. We have a mix of private and public. In Alberta they are all private. Alberta has lower prices than Saskatchewan or Manitoba and the government still gets the same tax money with no overhead from owning and operating stores and paying wages.

[Odinson]

There are near 300k registered companies in Finland.



67 of them are fully, majority or minority owned by the state.





Liquor-stores are 100% owned by the state... So is gambling.

Manitoba, newxt door only has government owned liquor stores. We have a mix of private and public. In Alberta they are all private. Alberta has lower prices than Saskatchewan or Manitoba and the government still gets the same tax money with no overhead from owning and operating stores and paying wages.

Bernie Sanders thinks that nordic countries have planned economies even though we have mixed economies.



Maybe when Americans hear "socialism" they think of the very extreme form of it.





I´ve always thought that the public healthcare, free education and these "socialist" things, make us socialists.





You can do business in nordic-countries and you can make money off of people... And the state is not putting some artificial limitations on your success for as long you aint breaking any laws.

[Anonymous]

There are near 300k registered companies in Finland.



67 of them are fully, majority or minority owned by the state.





Liquor-stores are 100% owned by the state... So is gambling.

Manitoba, newxt door only has government owned liquor stores. We have a mix of private and public. In Alberta they are all private. Alberta has lower prices than Saskatchewan or Manitoba and the government still gets the same tax money with no overhead from owning and operating stores and paying wages.

Bernie Sanders thinks that nordic countries have planned economies even though we have mixed economies.



Maybe when Americans hear "socialism" they think of the very extreme form of it.





I´ve always thought that the public healthcare, free education and these "socialist" things, make us socialists.





You can do business in nordic-countries and you can make money off of people... And the state is not putting some artificial limitations on your success for as long you aint breaking any laws.

The Seoul brother and Shen Li have posted that Sweden in particular is more open and free economy than Canada or the USA where the bureaucracy works against the interests of investors who create jobs.

[Anonymous]

There are near 300k registered companies in Finland.



67 of them are fully, majority or minority owned by the state.





Liquor-stores are 100% owned by the state... So is gambling.

Manitoba, newxt door only has government owned liquor stores. We have a mix of private and public. In Alberta they are all private. Alberta has lower prices than Saskatchewan or Manitoba and the government still gets the same tax money with no overhead from owning and operating stores and paying wages.

Bernie Sanders thinks that nordic countries have planned economies even though we have mixed economies.



Maybe when Americans hear "socialism" they think of the very extreme form of it.





I´ve always thought that the public healthcare, free education and these "socialist" things, make us socialists.





You can do business in nordic-countries and you can make money off of people... And the state is not putting some artificial limitations on your success for as long you aint breaking any laws.

That's another thing. Canada and the US don't get the same value for money spent in delivering social programs the way small countries like the Nordic ones and Singapore do. We waste so much social transfer money in North America on admin/buraucrats. Small countries are more efficient.

[Anonymous]

I read that wages in Nordic countries, save Norway are lower than Canada.

[Odinson]

This is why things work in Finland.



Your boss might a be murderer... Better do as he says.

[Anonymous]

This is why things work in Finland.



Your boss might a be murderer... Better do as he says.

[Anonymous]

This is why things work in Finland.



Your boss might a be murderer... Better do as he says.

[Odinson]

Not shocked?



The first guy is a murderer.





 

[Anonymous]

Not shocked?



The first guy is a murderer.





 

I woudn't say shocked..



It's different than our system.

[Zetsu]

This is why things work in Finland.



Your boss might a be murderer... Better do as he says.

[Anonymous]

What works for Finland may not work in other countries.

[Zetsu]

What works for Finland may not work in other countries.

I heartfully agree, rehabilitation in the Nordic countries is no difference from surrendering to the criminals, and is a highly dependent variable to the living quality of the nation.