@BenFelds5r@herotimeszero@jasonllevin How come people are so poorly educated in these states? Is it a systematic slow progress over decades? Just asking.
@herotimeszero@jasonllevin It’s Kentucky. One of the top ten states with poorest educational systems. Is anyone else surprised the top ten states are all majority red? I’m not.
@killemall2024@marcosagusstinn ...but we do not have to pay $4000 for an ambulance ride. Or pay anything at all for that obvious right. Or all the other retarded insurances you pay happily on top your shitty 10% tax or whatever. Plus a billion other things you MAGAs cannot comprehend.
@marcosagusstinn What's the point of high market freedom when your government takes 50-60% of everything you earn? Then another 25% of what's left when you spend it. You're all poor by taxation.
Have fun spending that 10 krone you have in your pocket with all of the "freedom" you have.
LOL
The Nordic model is often misunderstood.
It is the combination of a large state with high economic freedom.
Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway all have tax-to-GDP ratios above the OECD average.
Denmark reached around 45% of GDP in 2024, while Sweden, Finland and Norway remain around or above 40%. Public expenditure is also high: Sweden and Norway were close to 50% of GDP in 2024.
Yet these countries are not anti-market economies.
Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland consistently rank among the world’s freest economies, with strong property rights, open trade, low corruption, efficient regulation and high business freedom.
The results are clear.
The Nordics combine universal welfare states with high productivity, high employment, strong human capital and world-class innovation.
In the 2025 Global Innovation Index, Sweden ranked 2nd globally, Finland 7th, and Denmark 9th.
This is the real lesson of the Nordic system:
A large state can work when it is paired with open markets, institutional trust, fiscal discipline, education, innovation, competition and efficient public administration.
I grew up with the C64 (early 80s) as so many of you here. My very first game ever, the one that my brother and I played to death, was Falcon Patrol (1983) designed by Steve Lee.
If there is one sound I will remember until my final days, it will be the refueling sound of the jet.
What was your first computer and the very first game you played on it?
(Not a game that you played at your friend's place or at the arcades - but the first game on your very own first computer)
I might get hate for this too, but I bought the starship Enterprise.
Advanced weaponry is important and so is not polluting the atmosphere with $5 a gallon gasoline.
I prefer deuterium and anti-deuterium.
@bonnier_david@MaMoMVPY That is correct, from November when snow is not even around. Yes..that hits hard on us aswell. Still not so I feel I need to go with black clothes though. But shitty times - yes. And I live in south Norway close to Oslo. I just do not get your black clothes theory. A link pls.
@devopsnomad1@MaMoMVPY Fall and Spring are short.
Depth of winter, sun rises at 9.30am, sets at 3.30pm.
Xmas is great. Everything after is tough. Maybe not for everyone. But for me.
@bonnier_david@MaMoMVPY lol what is so miserable about winters in northern europe? It is natural? Yes, Cold - yes. Snow - yes, I hate it. Slippery roads - yes.... but that is why we love the spring, summer and autumn so much here...so much change in a year! We appreciate the seasons here.
Also. Sweden is a nice bubble in a stormy world. And if you make under $150k per year it’s great. Free daycare, healthcare, schools, uni, etc. Most of it is slightly above avg.
If you make more, want a real community, and better weather (not miserable darkness during winter): then there are a lot of better options in Europe and even US.
FYI—we’ve enjoyed our time here. But now finally moving.
@bonnier_david@MaMoMVPY Ro and Massie...you think they can get all those sweet dollars they need for a full-fledged campaign...... no massive cooperations in the back. I like your idea, which would definataly have led to a better world but... we are not there yet, unfortunately.
@devopsnomad1@MaMoMVPY I dunno. Some interesting candidates that could go indie. Massie, Khanna, etc.
Trump was a necessary evil to show just how corrupt the system is. Now let’s see if someone with integrity steps to the plate.
@bonnier_david@MaMoMVPY ...but you know that will not happen given how screwed USA are? Money and money backed by banks. I absolutely support your idea though.
@devopsnomad1@MaMoMVPY Eh. We have diff views. That said lobby has corrupted Dems and Reps. It’s time for a real indi candidate to run and represent the American majority.
@LucasSa56947288 Only hateful MAGA nazi people drive these "cars". And...when was the last time you saw a family driving around in these abnormal "cars"? You ALWAYS see angry white pale men driving single in them. NEVER a family.
Great job FAFO @krassenstein
@bonnier_david@MaMoMVPY Ever since Trump regime yes. A cesspool of non-educated Youtubers and "influencers" in the cabinet. It is sad to sit and see USA ruin itself from within. Especially as a European. ...Just according to Putins plan since he got Trump elected in 2016. I agree.