Why are the Nordic countries so happy?

[lsa]

And this is why the finns suicide..

and drinks... dont forget drinks.

 

[KnightTemplar]

He's a cool dude for sure! I think generally Brits would get along with Danes better than the rest of Scandinavia (Swedes too posh, Norwegians too outdoorsy and Finns too weird although they don't really count). Lol, obviously I'm joking around a little bit here, but still. Oddly enough I've never been to Malmø though even though I only live like 30 minutes away from it with the train. My impression is that Malmø (Sweden) and Copehagen (Denmark) are more similar than the rest of the cities as they are close and share a certain percentage of residents, but again have never been.

It's a damn shame Mads has already done his tour of duty in the MCU. He would be my number one draft pick to play Doctor Doom

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Bullshit stats.

But I can agree with Uruguay. Those fuckers are always chill.

 

[Billthebutcher]

They all have plenty of ice cubes.

 

[TeTe]

Small homogeneous populations. In fact, those wonderful "free" things they have are easy to maintain when you don't let immigrants in.

 

[Diogenes of Sinope]

Yeah, when taxes are put to good use it basically is. You'll feel rich at $100k instead of $10 million.

sucks that theyre never put to good use

 

[Zinger]

and drinks... dont forget drinks.

I'd kill myself too, if Alcohol was as expensive here, as it is in Finland.

 

[Contempt]

You've never been in conservative America ever have you? Anytime there is a tax, feeding, housing people, educating them, the government involved ...thats Socialism.
\doublefacepalm

Only for stupid people that don't actually understand what socialism is.

 

[Frode Falch]

I like living in Norway

 

[315MMAFighter]

I like living in Norway

Wanna trade living spots Frode? I'll give you my house in New York for wherever you live in Norway.

Man Norway is gorgeous. I absolutely love it over there

 

[Frode Falch]

Wanna trade living spots Frode? I'll give you my house in New York for wherever you live in Norway.

Man Norway is gorgeous. I absolutely love it over there

No thanks man.

 

[Fugazy]

They've simplified a shit ton of government processes that are complicated as fuck in the united states.

In the united states you practically need a team of lawyers, a therapist, and a punching bag to deal with the over complicated bullshit shit that's basically as simple as swiping left in those countries. It makes it a lot easier to become an entrepreneur there.

For some retarded reason if you bring that up though some dumb ass plumber in Nebraska will chime in on how they dropped out of middle school and all you need to do is become a tradesman before trailing off on some bullshit rant blaming millennials.

Yes, we get it tradesman you live in the middle of fucking nowhere and you have a skill that pays relatively well for where you live. You must be very proud of yourself but guess what?

Over here for the amount you get paid I can have 3-5 Mexicans doing 10x the amount of work as you. So shut the fuck up before I create a business using mexican labor to drive you out of business in your part of the country.

?

 

[315MMAFighter]

No thanks man.

I don't blame ya Frode. Living in Norway has to be amazing! Enjoy it bruv!

 

[SuperHoss]

It’s not about cheap labor. I’m in favor of Mexican immigrants here in the US. I live in Texas and I can say, unequivocally, Mexicans are THE hardest working people in the world.

They share American values and should be embraced for those traits and not demonized for not speaking English. Many Mexicans WANT to speak English. It’s a shame that they are falling prey to the progressive party when they really have ideologies which should align with to opposite side.

not to side track. It’s not the cheap labor, it’s the backwards values that will do the Nords in with their migrants.

I can't speak specifically to Mexicans. I doubt there is much specific data about them.

Lets leave it at illegal immigrants. It does not seem to make sense that hard working, lower class blue collars workers would be in favor of tax cuts for the richest and the special favors for large corporations that your Senator Ted Cruz has threatened to take away from the largest corporations unless they goose step to all the changes in the voting laws.

https://www.businessinsider.com/ethics-expert-calls-out-ted-cruzs-criticism-of-woke-ceos-2021-5

https://cis.org/Report/63-NonCitizen-Households-Access-Welfare-Programs

63% of Non-Citizen Households Access Welfare Programs
Compared to 35% of native households

Though this is a very broad definition that includes reduced cost school lunches,
still pretty high.


https://www.documentcloud.org/docum...es-immigration-study.html#document/p2/a366568
@45% accessing food assistance and @45% accessing Medicaid

I am not talking about ADDING anything. The current state of affairs. Who exactly is working hard to remove those benefits and why would a group so invested in those benefits support the party that is trying to take them away?

I am not even saying that I support this. It just seems like your conclusions are spurious and most likely wishful thinking.

 

[Phlog]

Small homogeneous populations. In fact, those wonderful "free" things they have are easy to maintain when you don't let immigrants in.

I think that's a misguided opinion, from what I understand immigrants use 39% fewer welfare services than native Americans and pay more taxes.

The picture is similar here in the UK, immigrants out more in than they take out overall than natives.

It's lazy and just counterfactual to blame mismanagement upon immigrants.

 

[Frode Falch]

I don't blame ya Frode. Living in Norway has to be amazing! Enjoy it bruv!

Thanks man. I love the nature. I would never like to live in a city.

 

[Beechwood]

I'm going to go due to the cooking. My grandmother was part Swedish and she could make sf of the best Swedish pastries.

 

[TeTe]

Only for stupid people that don't actually understand what socialism is.

Rev. Jim Jones.. now that dude understood socialism.

 

[Fugazy]

Yeah i don't fucking know man.. while i can absolutely see them having more pools i'm pretty sure the weather is a factor.. (i've gotta give them the weather)..

Also who cares.. we have allemansrätten.. every body of wather i see is bathable for me..

There’s a public television station where I live that would regularly advertise small scale Northern European/Scandanavian cruises.

Always wanted to do that. Looks peaceful, and clean.

 

[Fugazy]

Depends on where you live.
Have an ex in Minnesota did not see many pools there. And the winter sure beat our down here.
I did see a ton of Trespassing signs everywhere.
I think its nice to be able to walk in the woods ore biking on a gravel road with out risking to get shot or yelled at.
Allemansrätten rules and go back to what is it the middle age?

Private land.

The threat of being harmed for walking into someone’s private land that is way the fuck out in the forest is almost nonexistent, but it exists everywhere.

Plus a lot of people actually will let you use their land for hiking, hunting, camping, fishing, if you just ask them. But some landowners get tired after years of people letting be open for public use and it being treated like shit, and they stop letting most people use their land.

But there’s tons and tons and tons of public land in the upper Midwest.