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Scandinavia isn't a country
by friedman23 6y ago
Scandinavia isn't a country
- Daishiman 6y agoWe are all aware of that. Doesn't change that their policies are extremely similar by all accounts.
- friedman23 6y agoThe point is that I can't determine where his country's wealth comes from if he doesn't state his country. Also I'm skeptical f this person actually even being from the region. For example, if he is from Norway most of his wealth is derived from oil.
- martin_bech 6y agoIm from Denmark, none of the money is derived from oil.
- rightbyte 6y agoDenmark is selfsufficient in oil production. It helps ... but so is the US.
- ashtonkem 6y agoThanks to fracking, the US is actually a marginal net exporter of oil, depending on the average price of oil (traditional wells can squeeze out frackers with their lower production cost) As you said, oil helps, but it’s not determinative. Norway is interesting in that they’ve used their oil money very wisely, but it seems pretty clear that other policies are necessary in order to ensure that economic prosperity is well distributed.
- curtis3389 6y agoPerhaps they mean Denmark+Norway+Sweden collectively? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia#Use_of_Nordic_countries_vs._Scandinavia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia#Use_of_Nordic_coun...
- hombre_fatal 6y agoI kinda agree with GP: when someone isn't specific about where they're from, then nobody can really respond to them. It's like when people say they're from Europe or how great things are from them there. Even if you wanted to look up how your argument applies to their country or how their country addresses your point, you cannot.
- jacobush 6y agoIt works when where they are from is used as a counter-example. I may be jaded, but I often find people from the US say, "this would be impossible". Then it's often interesting to point to various places in the world where in fact, the thing is possible.