Scandinavian welfare system is only possible because Scandinavian countries are more or less small and homogeneous. Social stigma is huge part in making sure pe

Scandinavian welfare system is only possible because Scandinavian countries are more or less small and homogeneous. Social stigma is huge part in making sure people do not freeload and do not abuse social safety nets. That social stigma will not work in big, diverse and marred by identity politics countries like the US or even Canada (in my opinion). Actually, cultural traits penetrate all aspects of their economic system not just welfare system. For example due to social norms business competition between two businesses may not be as adversarial as it is normally seen in the US, unions are not as adversarial in relation to corporations and corporations are not as adversarial toward unions, government bureaucrats are not as adversarial (and boneheaded) toward businesses as in the US and so on.