Norway does also have oil, but Sweden doesn’t and has almost the same social benefits and protections. Saying that those things cannot be achieved without the oil is to be disingenuous.
Hmmmm… It’s almost as though politicians are focused on the well being of the people rather than enriching the wealthy in order to stay in power. That’s so weird…
Who would have thought that not being one bad dr visit away from financial ruin, or having 6 figure student dept would help?
But at what cost… can they say that they have nearly 800 military bases in 70 countries? Nope. And how many rich dudes do they have who can thank their min wage, social assistance needing employees for helping him fly in space?
It boggles my mind how Americans can see policies work very well in every other industrialized nation and yet still refuse to enact them here cause it’s socialism or something like that.
Edit: Wayyy too much supporting evidence in these replies lmao
This is just a response to a clickbait headline that completely ignores the actual substance of the article, which is the same as the so called ‘murder’. I’m not kidding, the article literally explains the same thing as the murder. So, who is the murder victim here? It seems like a random stab at countries that are not social democracies, which is fair in my opinion and I agree that social democracy is better than what a lot of other countries do, but it doesn’t really feel like a murder. More like preaching to the choir.
Norway is also one of the few countries that do industry nationalization right – they use the profits from oil industry as investment into society. So instead of it going to a handful of super rich, everyone benefits. Usually when countries nationalize industry, it doesn’t end well due to mismanagement and theft by corrupt officials. Norway proves it can be done the right way, a shining beacon for the rest of the world to follow.
This isn’t the murder you think it is. If you actually read the article (which I suspect Kyle Kulinski didn’t) you see it says this:
> “The Scandinavian countries are very big on social support,” Dr Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, one of the study’s associate editors, said. “The top countries, you can see, have societies which are not at each others throats. But also they have high GDP per capita.” . . .
> De Neve also believes that job security and conditions in a workplace can have a dramatic impact on levels of happiness. . . .
> “Most of the Scandinavian countries have a variety of services for the unemployed,” Helliwell said.
> “They have unemployment insurance and child support.”
So the article says pretty much the same as Kyle Kulinski. I hate this internet culture where it is so much more important to get a screenshotable dunk than actually trying to see what the other thing says.
ive spent a fair amount of time in norway – norwegians live very well, its peaceful, its beautiful, clean. i would prefer to retire there than the US at this point. socialism ? norway makes oklahoma look like a third world country
Only the 1% deserve this treatment and no one else. It was agreed years ago that slavery (all work and no pay) will be converted to a perfectly constitutional worker exploitation (slightly less work for slightly no pay). These are the agreement. If it cannot come to this, give me my slaves back!
WRONG! Their bosses organise fun office games and order pizza once a month!
Norway does also have oil, but Sweden doesn’t and has almost the same social benefits and protections. Saying that those things cannot be achieved without the oil is to be disingenuous.
Hmmmm… It’s almost as though politicians are focused on the well being of the people rather than enriching the wealthy in order to stay in power. That’s so weird…
Yea but have they tried giving it all to the rich and hoping they’ll let some of it trickle down to the commoners yet?
Who would have thought that not being one bad dr visit away from financial ruin, or having 6 figure student dept would help?
But at what cost… can they say that they have nearly 800 military bases in 70 countries? Nope. And how many rich dudes do they have who can thank their min wage, social assistance needing employees for helping him fly in space?
Yeah but do they have Hawaiian shirt Fridays?
That’s what I thought!
It boggles my mind how Americans can see policies work very well in every other industrialized nation and yet still refuse to enact them here cause it’s socialism or something like that.
Edit: Wayyy too much supporting evidence in these replies lmao
Only nearly a month? In Finland we get at least 6 weeks.
Only almost a month? Where I live most get at least five weeks.
This is just a response to a clickbait headline that completely ignores the actual substance of the article, which is the same as the so called ‘murder’. I’m not kidding, the article literally explains the same thing as the murder. So, who is the murder victim here? It seems like a random stab at countries that are not social democracies, which is fair in my opinion and I agree that social democracy is better than what a lot of other countries do, but it doesn’t really feel like a murder. More like preaching to the choir.
Do you rly expect a country where you openly allow corporate bribes to your politicians to care about its people over its corporations tho
Or, maybe, it is the Lutefisk.
Providing adequate safety nets for your citizens makes them happy, Who could *ever* have thought of that? /s
People really coming up with some random statements to cope.
No, Norway does not have high suicide rates. Their rates are below EU average and [significantly below the US](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/suicide-rate-by-country).
Also not half of them are on anti-depressants. They are right at [EU average](https://www.businessinsider.com/countries-largest-antidepressant-drug-users-2016-2). Iceland is highest by far in Europe and the US is at the top of the list.
That norway news are old. The happiest country hasn’t been desidet yet and in 2021 it was Finland.
Norway is also one of the few countries that do industry nationalization right – they use the profits from oil industry as investment into society. So instead of it going to a handful of super rich, everyone benefits. Usually when countries nationalize industry, it doesn’t end well due to mismanagement and theft by corrupt officials. Norway proves it can be done the right way, a shining beacon for the rest of the world to follow.
Nope. Finland, not Norway ranks on top of the Happiness scale. 4 years in a row.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56457295
This isn’t the murder you think it is. If you actually read the article (which I suspect Kyle Kulinski didn’t) you see it says this:
> “The Scandinavian countries are very big on social support,” Dr Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, one of the study’s associate editors, said. “The top countries, you can see, have societies which are not at each others throats. But also they have high GDP per capita.” . . .
> De Neve also believes that job security and conditions in a workplace can have a dramatic impact on levels of happiness. . . .
> “Most of the Scandinavian countries have a variety of services for the unemployed,” Helliwell said.
> “They have unemployment insurance and child support.”
So the article says pretty much the same as Kyle Kulinski. I hate this internet culture where it is so much more important to get a screenshotable dunk than actually trying to see what the other thing says.
ive spent a fair amount of time in norway – norwegians live very well, its peaceful, its beautiful, clean. i would prefer to retire there than the US at this point. socialism ? norway makes oklahoma look like a third world country
This is OUTRAGEOUS and UNACCEPTABLE!!!
Only the 1% deserve this treatment and no one else. It was agreed years ago that slavery (all work and no pay) will be converted to a perfectly constitutional worker exploitation (slightly less work for slightly no pay). These are the agreement. If it cannot come to this, give me my slaves back!
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Can confirm, am norwegian.
Is happy
Does it bother anyone else that the globe isn’t actually showing Norway?