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As a Brit living in Sweden for 10 years (and, who now has naturalised). It’s incomparable and the parent is definitely right to ponder. Life here is better, ev

by dijit 2y ago

As a Brit living in Sweden for 10 years (and, who now has naturalised). It’s incomparable and the parent is definitely right to ponder. Life here is better, even if it has it’s problems. There is no “working poor” here, serial unemployment is significantly lower. And Sweden is the “worst” nordic country right now for crime and poverty rates. Britain is far-far behind, and getting worse yearly.

nordic-uthnasia 2y ago
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- Qwertious 2y ago
  It only works if you also steal all of Austria's gold.
brabel 2y ago
I live in Sweden and was wondering how bad things are recently given the daily explosions around the country related to gang criminality. Apparently, even the worst parts of Stockholm have crime rates comparable to the best areas of the USA, which surprised me TBH (and I think that's a lot better than the UK).
- kfcjligmom 2y ago
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thaumasiotes 2y ago
> serial unemployment is significantly lower "Serial unemployment" sounds like a description of going from being unemployed to being unemployed, repeatedly. But that makes no sense. What does it mean?
- dijit 2y ago
  year after year of being unemployed, or dropping in and out of work very temporarily. (not being able to hold a job) in britain there is a concept of “the underclass” which are perpetually out of work people.
  - thaumasiotes 2y ago
    In the same way that year after year of remaining married to the same person constitutes "serial monogamy"? Or... how stabbing the same corpse several times makes you a "serial killer"?
    - dijit 2y ago
      Serial unemployment is an actual definition in sociology[0][1] HN seems to have a lot of people these days who don’t follow the guidelines. > Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.[2] [0]: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242537188_Charles_Murray_and_the_Underclass_The_Developing_Debate https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242537188_Charles_M... [1]: https://senseofmisplaced.blogspot.com/2011/03/serial-unemployment.html https://senseofmisplaced.blogspot.com/2011/03/serial-unemplo... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
miohtama 2y ago
It's not a fair comparison, because everything in West compares better to post-Johnson Britain :)
- dijit 2y ago
  Britain has been in decline since Thatcher, but is not willing to accept it. Blair, for all his war crimes, managed the decline fairly well, but it’s been clear to anyone with an outside view that Britain is a mid-power, cosplaying as a world power. Similar to that geezer who always has the flash car and no money to pay for it, keeping up with joneses and going into perpetual debt for it, until nobody will lend any money any more.

by dijit 2y ago

nordic-uthnasia 2y ago

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Qwertious 2y ago
It only works if you also steal all of Austria's gold.

brabel 2y ago

I live in Sweden and was wondering how bad things are recently given the daily explosions around the country related to gang criminality. Apparently, even the worst parts of Stockholm have crime rates comparable to the best areas of the USA, which surprised me TBH (and I think that's a lot better than the UK).

kfcjligmom 2y ago
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thaumasiotes 2y ago

> serial unemployment is significantly lower "Serial unemployment" sounds like a description of going from being unemployed to being unemployed, repeatedly. But that makes no sense. What does it mean?

dijit 2y ago
year after year of being unemployed, or dropping in and out of work very temporarily. (not being able to hold a job) in britain there is a concept of “the underclass” which are perpetually out of work people.
- thaumasiotes 2y ago
  In the same way that year after year of remaining married to the same person constitutes "serial monogamy"? Or... how stabbing the same corpse several times makes you a "serial killer"?
  - dijit 2y ago
    Serial unemployment is an actual definition in sociology[0][1] HN seems to have a lot of people these days who don’t follow the guidelines. > Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.[2] [0]: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242537188_Charles_Murray_and_the_Underclass_The_Developing_Debate https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242537188_Charles_M... [1]: https://senseofmisplaced.blogspot.com/2011/03/serial-unemployment.html https://senseofmisplaced.blogspot.com/2011/03/serial-unemplo... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

miohtama 2y ago

It's not a fair comparison, because everything in West compares better to post-Johnson Britain :)

dijit 2y ago
Britain has been in decline since Thatcher, but is not willing to accept it. Blair, for all his war crimes, managed the decline fairly well, but it’s been clear to anyone with an outside view that Britain is a mid-power, cosplaying as a world power. Similar to that geezer who always has the flash car and no money to pay for it, keeping up with joneses and going into perpetual debt for it, until nobody will lend any money any more.