That's not really true, and what does that have to do with the parent's assertions? Take Canada as an example then. It has a strong welfare state, is neither m

That's not really true, and what does that have to do with the parent's assertions? Take Canada as an example then. It has a strong welfare state, is neither miserable and poor, nor ethnically homogenous. To be clear, neither Canada nor Scandinavia is perfect nor perfectly happy.