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It seems to me that the high levels of trust necessary for this to work also imply a high level of social cohesion (possibly homogeneity). In a society with les
by timdierks 12y ago
It seems to me that the high levels of trust necessary for this to work also imply a high level of social cohesion (possibly homogeneity). In a society with less internal agreement, I don't see how you could get this much alignment over what is the right management strategy, let alone trust that it's being followed.
- larsiusprime 12y agoDon't forget SIZE. Norway is a tiny country, and so the distance between people and government is small. Norway's success is a strong case for localism.
- zanny 12y agoReading this, I realize that almost everything is a case for localism, since we now have nuclear weapons and international instantaneous communications that mean trying to invade a small country is much less reasonable (unless you are Russia). I mean, that is (in part) why the Greek model failed. Small countries are vulnerable to conquest. But today that is not much of a problem, so I hope the natural social pressure to minimize can overcome the entrenched imperialistic powers that hold a lot of the larger nations together. It just makes more sense to me to, say, have 50 countries and a EU in the US instead of one massively overbearing federal that has authority over a land area competing with continental Europe.
- Millennium 12y agoThey say as much in the article. This just plain wouldn't work for a society that cannot describe itself as homogeneous, as Norway can and does.