>> Am I wrong to think that Sweden is as wonderfully progressive as it seems? There are advantages/disadvantages with everything. A consensus culture where th

>> Am I wrong to think that Sweden is as wonderfully progressive as it seems? There are advantages/disadvantages with everything. A consensus culture where the boss goes around and talks to people before setting goals is very different for Americans. Like all other cultures it works better for some areas, worse in others. Think politically correct, group oriented. (Have you seen that anywhere else?) Edit: Let me paraphrase it like this: "The worst of worlds, the best of worlds". Let me give an example. It isn't good for someone to have the "wrong" opinions on some sensitive point in a consensus culture; a low roof. [The Swedish term is "the opinion corridor", i.e. that only a small bandwidth of opinions are tolerated.] Edit 2: I think that was the first time in my life I've seen the Stockholm people described as "friendly". :-)