> Scandinavian countries. My explanation of that phenomenon is that those countries are small (both in territory and number of citizens) Add to that: - Social

> Scandinavian countries. My explanation of that phenomenon is that those countries are small (both in territory and number of citizens) Add to that: - Socialist governments that redistribute wealth so there isn't as much of a socioeconomic class gap (specifically mentioned by the cops in this article as an explanation for their harassment) - Racially and culturally homogenous (especially compared to USA) I'm not saying these traits' effects are solely positive, or that those countries are inherently better for these reasons, or that these are directions the USA ought to go. I'm merely pointing out that it seems many of the US's problems are due to class/racial tensions that don't exist in other countries with different histories.