In what sense is Sweden infinitely more progressive? Is it the privatized retirement accounts, for-profit privatized schooling, privatized police forces, privat

In what sense is Sweden infinitely more progressive? Is it the privatized retirement accounts, for-profit privatized schooling, privatized police forces, privatized public transit, privatized welfare, or having the most billionaires per capita? Sweden is a social democracy that has generous welfare benefits, which are funded primarily via sales taxes (VAT) of 25%[2] and "high, but flat" income taxes[3] that are much less progressive than in the U.S., and much lower corporate tax rates than in the U.S. It is also a country that respects private property and has a mania for privatizing everything under the sun. It's the home of enormous global corporate empires like Ikea, Volvo (trucks, the cars were sold off), H&M, Atlas Copco, Ericcson, Spotify, etc. Sweden is the only country I know where private for profit schools compete for public school dollars, and for profit private companies are allowed to run welfare programs. Sweden has famously been called a "capitalist welfare state".[1] [1]https://iea.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/files/Privatising%20the%20swedish%20welfare%20state%20-%20sample%20article.pdf https://iea.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/files/Pr... [2]https://www.avalara.com/vatlive/en/country-guides/europe/sweden/swedish-vat-rates.html https://www.avalara.com/vatlive/en/country-guides/europe/swe... [3]https://taxfoundation.org/how-scandinavian-countries-pay-their-government-spending/ https://taxfoundation.org/how-scandinavian-countries-pay-the...