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That is very interesting. It seems to me that the Norwegian society treats personal wealth information like what could happen with cryptos and blockchains. Mak
by daqhris 5y ago
That is very interesting. It seems to me that the Norwegian society treats personal wealth information like what could happen with cryptos and blockchains.
Makes me want to dig deeper and understand the WHYs and HOWs it's been accomplished.
As someone born in a war-torn country, interpersonal trust is very hardly imaginable outside blood-linked relatives. Overall, in such a society there is a high degree of mistrust between individuals from different social classes or regions. Publicly displaying resources like yearly income is the last thing that would come to anyone's mind. As an adult, I have no concrete idea how much a sibling/parent makes per month. We've become so used to being vague while uncomfortably sharing our earnings.
A place like Norway seems like utopia to me. Does the government intervene by sharing citizen's reported income? Who gets to verify, record and archive such info? Is there a kind of punishment for liars/cheaters/abusers? Is the disclosure of personal income a strict legal obligation or a non-binding local tradition? I'm fairly puzzled.