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> Everyone looking to Denmark as a model state should beware what happens when you have a population with such high trust in its government: the roots of autocr
by brabel 1y ago
> Everyone looking to Denmark as a model state should beware what happens when you have a population with such high trust in its government: the roots of autocracy are allowed to grow unfettered.
Denmark is currently one of the nicest places you can find in the world. If that’s what happens when you trust the government then sign me up!
PS. I know the situation can quickly deteriorate if you’re not constantly monitoring what the government does and agree with OP on that. Just thought it was incredibly naive to try to make the point that this can lead to an autocracy while showing one of the most well functioning democracies in the world. The USA seems like a much better example, and even then compared to most countries in the world, as you can see by the amount of people trying to move there, it’s still a pretty damn nice place to go.
- BSDobelix 1y ago>If that’s what happens when you trust the government then sign me up! Like that? https://cphpost.dk/2024-05-05/news/climate/danish-companies-breach-eu-law-dump-toxic-waste-into-sea-environment-ministry-waves-it-through/ https://cphpost.dk/2024-05-05/news/climate/danish-companies-... >>Danish companies breach EU law, dump toxic waste into sea – Environment Ministry waves it through Or that? https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/nordic-waste-1 https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/nordic-waste-1 >>The Nordic Waste landslide scandal in Denmark Maybe how about that? (50 years ago) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K--KsfrEhPI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K--KsfrEhPI >>How Denmark forced young women in Greenland to get IUDs
- ThePowerOfFuet 1y ago>How Denmark forced young women in Greenland to get IUDs And who still take away the babies of Greenlandic mothers in Denmark. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/29/controversial-danish-parenting-test-separated-greenlandic-mother-children https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/29/controv...
- BSDobelix 1y agoParenting test.....this is disgusting, thanks for the update.
- mardifoufs 1y agoYes, if you are an ethnic Dane in the majority, that's probably true. But that's almost always true. Governments, even autocratic ones, usually don't go against the majority. But for everyone else, yes it's absolutely worrying. Just a small example, Danemark is the only country that has force deported almost every Syrian refugee, children included back, in 2021. I'd get it now that the war is over, but it wasn't then. Even Trump didn't do that.