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As non-scandinavian ... may it have something to do with the strong left/progressive lean of the population? I say this because one of the biggest problems of
by sputr 5y ago
As non-scandinavian ... may it have something to do with the strong left/progressive lean of the population?
I say this because one of the biggest problems of every single group or organization that I've seen built around progressive/left/liberal ideas is the tendency to believe in the "everyone has a right to be heard/speak" which leads to everything being dominated by the loudest individuals who are almost always full of BS.
Honestly, I've identified this tendency as the #1 reason why such groups do so poorly in politics, except in situations where the values are just a PR front for a more traditional power structure.
- giraffe_lady 5y agoI don't have an educated answer for your question so I won't offer one. But I think it is making it more confusing that you conflate left, liberal, and progressive. They have some overlap and shared meanings but are also different things. The "everyone has a right to be heard" thing you mention is specifically a liberal value. Others may or may not subscribe to it to varying degrees but in my view it is core only to that one. Scandanavia is pretty firmly liberal from what I can see. I mean just the other day here there was a good conversation about how the entire wealth of norway is based on nonrenewable resource extraction. Not really anything leftist about that.