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> Norwegians self identify as socialist for example Er.. that's not even remotely true

• margalabargala 11mo ago
  Last time I spent a month in Norway I repeatedly had various residents explain to me that various things were the way they were "because we are a socialist country". If they call themselves "socialist" then I will too.
  • SideburnsOfDoom 11mo ago
    Well, there is a difference between "this is a socialist country" and "I am a socialist". Granted though, that under a functioning democracy, there will be overlap: if the country is x then most likely at least a plurality of voters support x. It doesn't mean that "all citizens support x" or "any specific citizen supports x and self identifies themself an x-ist".
    • margalabargala 11mo ago
      > Well, there is a difference between "this is a socialist country" and "I am a socialist". To be clear, the former is what I was repeatedly told. Nobody personally self-identified themselves as a socialist to me, they described their country as socialist.