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Maybe this is just my dumb American in me speaking, but is this really a good way of going about as a "source"? I wouldn't* trust the average American's underst
by tombert 5y ago
Maybe this is just my dumb American in me speaking, but is this really a good way of going about as a "source"? I wouldn't* trust the average American's understanding of American economics as a "source". It's possible that Americans are just dumber than the average European, but I doubt Sweden is just completely devoid of ignorant people.
Not trying to call you ignorant (I don't know you), but I don't know that Swedish citizenship is a source in itself.
EDIT: Corrected "would" with "wouldn't".
- fsloth 5y agoI am Finnish and neither is there any decisive public information in here either. You should trust SWE and FI journalism on this matter first and foremost before external sources. Of course there are discussions that are not public. But it would be quite the outrage if the official information was made public in a non SWE or FI source. Generally Nordic societies are fairly egalitarian. NATO membership would be a major shift and it would be discussed in public as soon as the definitive decision was done. Of course this is they way the wind is blowing but it's not official until SWE and FI state officials say it's so.
- jltsiren 5y agoThe way I see it, the public discussion has been going on in Finland since February 24. The effective decision to join was probably made last month, and it will be made formal when the time is right. There is currently more uncertainty about whether NATO would accept Finland than whether Finland would want to join it. To avoid provoking Russia unnecessarily, Finland won't make the formal decision to apply until it's clear that NATO will accept it.