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==To say nothing of the way more diverse human capital of the US.== It actually sounds like there is something you want to say about human capital diversity. W

==To say nothing of the way more diverse human capital of the US.== It actually sounds like there is something you want to say about human capital diversity. Why not say it?

paganel 6y ago
Say what? That the US still has to handle the slavery thing that it got herself into since its very inception while Denmark doesn’t have that problem? I thought that was common knowledge. We (Romania) have the same problem with our Roma population that we “de-slaved” in the 1860s (so pretty much at the same time as slavery was abolished in the States) and during all this time we have had problems similar to the US (even though color-blindness is more pronounced in here, there aren’t that many people calling my brother and mother “gipsy” because of their brownish skin-color, because we all live a “Romanian” life). After we entered the EU that Roma population mostly emigrated to wealthier countries out West, including Denmark, which wealthier countries were as bad as us at integrating them (including the beloved Denmark or Norway). All this to say that seeing many Americans in here daydreaming about life in countries like Denmark or Sweden is very ubermensch-y. Yes, when you have a small, privileged and mostly white population things are easy, only when it gets mixed up things start becoming complicated.
- take_a_breath 6y ago
  ==That the US still has to handle the slavery thing that it got herself into since its very inception while Denmark doesn’t have that problem? I thought that was common knowledge.== The Danish West India Company? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_West_India_Company https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_West_India_Company ==Yes, when you have a small, privileged and mostly white population things are easy, only when it gets mixed up things start becoming complicated.== Not sure where you are going, but you seem to equate “culture” to “laws”. People aren’t pining for the culture of Norway and Denmark, they want the economic policies and Norway and Denmark. We could pass distributionary legislation regardless of how many “white” people we have. It sounds like a cop-out.

==To say nothing of the way more diverse human capital of the US.== It actually sounds like there is something you want to say about human capital diversity. Why not say it?

paganel 6y ago

Say what? That the US still has to handle the slavery thing that it got herself into since its very inception while Denmark doesn’t have that problem? I thought that was common knowledge. We (Romania) have the same problem with our Roma population that we “de-slaved” in the 1860s (so pretty much at the same time as slavery was abolished in the States) and during all this time we have had problems similar to the US (even though color-blindness is more pronounced in here, there aren’t that many people calling my brother and mother “gipsy” because of their brownish skin-color, because we all live a “Romanian” life). After we entered the EU that Roma population mostly emigrated to wealthier countries out West, including Denmark, which wealthier countries were as bad as us at integrating them (including the beloved Denmark or Norway). All this to say that seeing many Americans in here daydreaming about life in countries like Denmark or Sweden is very ubermensch-y. Yes, when you have a small, privileged and mostly white population things are easy, only when it gets mixed up things start becoming complicated.

take_a_breath 6y ago
==That the US still has to handle the slavery thing that it got herself into since its very inception while Denmark doesn’t have that problem? I thought that was common knowledge.== The Danish West India Company? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_West_India_Company https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_West_India_Company ==Yes, when you have a small, privileged and mostly white population things are easy, only when it gets mixed up things start becoming complicated.== Not sure where you are going, but you seem to equate “culture” to “laws”. People aren’t pining for the culture of Norway and Denmark, they want the economic policies and Norway and Denmark. We could pass distributionary legislation regardless of how many “white” people we have. It sounds like a cop-out.