[Info-vax] The changing world

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In article <ta53f2$415$1 at news.misty.com>, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
>On 2022-07-06 19:23, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2022-07-06, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>>> On 2022-07-06 01:29, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>
>>>> One could fear that many places the votes would be YES to
>>>> more government spending and NO to higher taxes.
>>>
>>> Right. And that's what's weird with Switzerland. People actually are
>>> responsible. They vote no to more government spending, no to longer
>>> vacations, and yes to higher taxes. (With that said, taxes are still
>>> pretty low in Switzerland.)
>>>
>> 
>> Given all the internal language differences, I've always thought of
>> Switzerland as 3 or 4 little countries all rolled into one :-)
>
>It's much more complicated than that. Every canton have its own 
>peculiarities, laws and culture.
>
>> Which part of Switzerland do you live in ?
>
>The kanton of Zürich.
>
>>> I don't expect that to happen if this was somewhere else, which is why I
>>> doubt direct democracy would work in other places.
>>>
>> 
>> Some Nordic countries, especially Norway, come across as having a
>> reasonable population so it might work there as well. However, that's
>> just an impression I have formed.
>
>I'm originally from Sweden, so I think I can make some comments about 
>the nordics as well. They are rational to a certain point, but I 
>wouldn't trust them to make totally rational decisions. Sometimes they 
>would, but there are also times when they very broken. Of those 
>countries, the one I would trust behaving the most responsible are the 
>Finnish.

Finland , Finland , Finland
The country where I want to be
Pony trekking or camping or just watching T.V
Finland , Finland , Finland
It's the country for me

You're so near to Russia
So far away from Japan
Quite a long way from Cairo
Lots of miles from Vietnam

Finland , Finland , Finland
The country where I want to be
Eating breakfast or dinner
Or snack lunch in the hall
Finland , Finland , Finland
Finland has it all

You're so sadly neglected
And often ignored
A poor second to Belgium
When going abroad

Finland , Finland , Finland
The country where I quite want to be
Your mountains so lofty
Your treetops so tall
Finland , Finland , Finland
Finland has it all

Finland , Finland , Finland
The country where I quite want to be
Your moantians so lofty
Your treetops so tall
Finland , Finland , Finland
Finland has it all

>
>   Johnny
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