Besides Anti-Trump Derangement Syndrome, Anti-Freedom Derangement Syndrome is viral in Canada. The Swedes, fortunately for them, suffer from neither. Can Canada emulate Sweden, please?
Yes, But right now the illegal immigration is the owner of Sweden. Citizens live in big city cannot go outside after 5 pm, specially senior and single woman, there are many illegal immigrant being the boos of the city! almost all Europe unfortunately.
Great article, Gene. I have a number of Swedish friends, some here, some there. Sadly, I've not been there yet (and won't if any kind of digit ID is required to visit Europe in the near future). The Swedes love their technology, but they also have an uncanny sense for 'smelling a rat,' so it's interesting watching things unfold there. It's a tug of war (though a much more enlightened, and interesting, tug of war than here in Canada). There are issues, clearly, but Canada and Sweden have so much in common. We should share more and learn from each other (our countries, with our Viking heritage, are natural partners). I look forward to chatting with you soon :-)
Gene, I can’t respond regularly but I think the lesson of Sweden is supremely important. Before I say more I want to mention “Vision Zero”, a Swedish idea that has been discreetly making its rounds in North America and other countries over recent decades.
I was in my university’s Nordic Ski team… heroes from Scandinavia. I spent a week in Sweden, one Summer in the early 80s. I met and chatted with Swedes during my stay. I noted how Swedes had different expectations from society. My impression was a kindly, patient, well-educated people who were already multi-euro-ethnic, who felt artificially stymied by establishment and government. One older Swede said he was forced into semi-retirement as he would be crushed by taxes if he continued to work full time. He introduced himself when I took a break on a park bench overlooking one of the beautiful canals in Stockholm. The well-educated gentleman said with resign that he was forced to spend a lot of time simply not working. He was very nice, but sad, bored and frustrated. At the same time, young Swedish children, young girls, were harming themselves because they felt “worthless”. People would patiently form lines to enter banks and post offices. I don’t know if that was the norm but that never happened to me in Canada. I toured Stockholm with a cheerful vigorous young Brit I met on a boat and to us it was a friendly, peaceful, clean and most beautiful city.
Back to “Vision Zero”. This diabolical idea reminds me of how people now like to say “stay safe” instead of “take care” or just “cheers”, “see you, bye”. It reminds me of the stupid urban school buses shuffling children who could otherwise commute very well on their own, learning important life lessons in the process. Whereas our schools don’t actually teach any practical life lessons. “Vision Zero” is that road to Hell you don’t want to take, and the Sweden I came away with back in the early 80s was a warning that while many Swedish inventions and conventions are wonderful, not all ideas from Sweden are actually wonderful… as Swedes themselves are now having to tragically, try to correct. Look up “Vision Zero” and understand where it’s taking us.
Yes, But right now the illegal immigration is the owner of Sweden. Citizens live in big city cannot go outside after 5 pm, specially senior and single woman, there are many illegal immigrant being the boos of the city! almost all Europe unfortunately.
💪 Sweden handled the Plandemic in a logical and rational way thereby minimizing the overall devastating effect on health and their economy .
Great article, Gene. I have a number of Swedish friends, some here, some there. Sadly, I've not been there yet (and won't if any kind of digit ID is required to visit Europe in the near future). The Swedes love their technology, but they also have an uncanny sense for 'smelling a rat,' so it's interesting watching things unfold there. It's a tug of war (though a much more enlightened, and interesting, tug of war than here in Canada). There are issues, clearly, but Canada and Sweden have so much in common. We should share more and learn from each other (our countries, with our Viking heritage, are natural partners). I look forward to chatting with you soon :-)
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Gene, I can’t respond regularly but I think the lesson of Sweden is supremely important. Before I say more I want to mention “Vision Zero”, a Swedish idea that has been discreetly making its rounds in North America and other countries over recent decades.
I was in my university’s Nordic Ski team… heroes from Scandinavia. I spent a week in Sweden, one Summer in the early 80s. I met and chatted with Swedes during my stay. I noted how Swedes had different expectations from society. My impression was a kindly, patient, well-educated people who were already multi-euro-ethnic, who felt artificially stymied by establishment and government. One older Swede said he was forced into semi-retirement as he would be crushed by taxes if he continued to work full time. He introduced himself when I took a break on a park bench overlooking one of the beautiful canals in Stockholm. The well-educated gentleman said with resign that he was forced to spend a lot of time simply not working. He was very nice, but sad, bored and frustrated. At the same time, young Swedish children, young girls, were harming themselves because they felt “worthless”. People would patiently form lines to enter banks and post offices. I don’t know if that was the norm but that never happened to me in Canada. I toured Stockholm with a cheerful vigorous young Brit I met on a boat and to us it was a friendly, peaceful, clean and most beautiful city.
Back to “Vision Zero”. This diabolical idea reminds me of how people now like to say “stay safe” instead of “take care” or just “cheers”, “see you, bye”. It reminds me of the stupid urban school buses shuffling children who could otherwise commute very well on their own, learning important life lessons in the process. Whereas our schools don’t actually teach any practical life lessons. “Vision Zero” is that road to Hell you don’t want to take, and the Sweden I came away with back in the early 80s was a warning that while many Swedish inventions and conventions are wonderful, not all ideas from Sweden are actually wonderful… as Swedes themselves are now having to tragically, try to correct. Look up “Vision Zero” and understand where it’s taking us.