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Comparing the US to Sweden is moronic, given the wide disparity between the two countries and the fundamentally different structures of their economies. It's t
by patrickg_zill 8y ago
Comparing the US to Sweden is moronic, given the wide disparity between the two countries and the fundamentally different structures of their economies.
It's the worst kind of argument, a false equivalence.
- cblum 8y agoEvery time a discussion like this comes up I see a reply like this. Yet, it never offers a counter point, or suggestions on how to make things in the US work as well as they do in Sweden.
- eschaton 8y agoThat’s because it’s a dogwhistle, not an actual argument.
- patrickg_zill 8y agoYou could try reading the comment by mogadsheu, which currently is the top-rated comment on this article, which lays out quite clearly some of the differences. It's incumbent on the author of the piece to lay out their argument - it should be self-evident that the structure of the Swedish economy and that of the USA's are quite different.