[Info-vax] The changing world

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/6/2022 7:33 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2022-07-06, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>> On 2022-07-06 19:23, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> On 2022-07-06, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>>>> 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.
> 
> Interesting. Based on my knowledge so far of the Nordic countries,
> Finland would not have been the first Nordic country I would have chosen.
> 
> [Norway is by far the Nordic country I hear the most about.]

Norway has proven to be financial responsible. They are putting
all their extra oil revenue in a fund instead of spending it
(the fund now has 1.35 T$ in assets for a population of
5.4 million - that is very impressive).

Finland with Soviet/Russia as neighbor has always
been aware that the good things has to be fought for - they
do not fall down from the sky.

Denmark and Sweden are not like that. Their economy is way
better than in southern europe, but I suspect that
is more due to an extremely good starting point and
not due to any political will the last 20 years.

Arne