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Being Swedish is about a lot more than paying taxes and maintaining the welfare state. What you're proposing basically amounts to the welfare state and its nee
by mseebach 9y ago
Being Swedish is about a lot more than paying taxes and maintaining the welfare state.
What you're proposing basically amounts to the welfare state and its needs owning the Swedish nation, rather than the other way around.
- wyager 9y agoI think there is an unfortunate belief among many of HN’s primary user demographics that regional identity is the same as what political apparatus controls a region. I think it’s easy to fall into this trap when you and your community lack any kind of coherent cultural origin story, as many Americans do.