> E.g. we have strict rules regarding political advertisement and campaign contributions which means money is not an important thing in Norwegian politics. Cons

> E.g. we have strict rules regarding political advertisement and campaign contributions which means money is not an important thing in Norwegian politics. Consequently politicians are not bought [...] This is not true if Norway is anything like Germany. A few years ago the German government commissioned a study on the public's influence on policy.[0] It concluded decisively that political decision making aligned the closest with the wants of the wealthiest while there was even a negative trend with regards to the poorest in that policies favored by a majority of them were especially unlikely to be enacted. Europe isn't as insane as the US in that regard but that's not a high standard. [0]: https://www.bmas.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/PDF-Publikationen/a-305-4-endbericht-systematisch-verzerrte-entscheidungen.pdf https://www.bmas.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/PDF-Publikatione...