Tjena!!!! Stockholm is one of the few highly advanced cities, framed within a mediaeval architecture. Home to the greatest company on our planet. L.M. Ericsson, where I worked for 15 years of my career. Everyone needs to visit Sweden, a bucket list destination that opens the mind to what the world is really like.
As a Swedish gun owner I think sweden does alot wrong, like the 5 year licenses on guns. That even was revoked in parliament but two governments have now ignored that ruling. Its undemocratic. That said your biggest problem is your mindset around guns. Here in Sweden we own guns for hunting and sport. In the US primary for self defense
We should be able to have it for self defense in Sweden too. I think it should be possible to get a semi automatic rifle/ carbine with up to at least 30 round mags and pistols for concealed carry. It should require a license of course. I also know some hunters and I truly feel for how annoying that 5 year license is. I’m gonna save up for a hunting/ gun license now and probably dynamic shooting aswell so I can own an AR-15.
@@footingball5566 Statistics from the US shows that risk of bodily harm during a altercation is greater if you carry. Sure swedish gun owners are better trained etc but I still think it's a bad idea.
@@andersmalmgren6528 of course there is a higher risk of bodily harm- for the piece of filth that attacked you. I’m fine to live in a society where I can put a bullet into a robber rather than having to give up all my shit. Also, yes, most Swedish gun owners are well trained but the american that do train are so far ahead of Swedish gun owners that it’s ridiculous.
Hello Andrew! I'm 28 years old, born in Sweden with an American mother. The US two party system was from the start created to prevent political parties being closely connected to certain ethnic and religious groups. In countries that are diverse + proportional representation, they have huge problems with voters not voting according to ideology, but according to identity. So instead of having 5 political parties based on ideology, as you described it, you would get political parties closely tied to ethnicity and religion. You would then have the Black party, the Latino party, the Mormon party, the Evangelical Party and potentially, the Jewish party. In such a situation, the USA would have a far worse political situation than today. For reference, I'll quote the founding father of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew. "In multiracial societies, you don't vote in accordance with your economic interests and social interests, you vote in accordance with race and religion." It is only in homogenous democracies or in limited two-party systems where you can get people to vote according to economic and social interests.
I'd argue that Lee Kuan Yew's quote is starting to get outdated and will continue to be in the future with the growing population of agnostics and people marrying across races. However, what you're describing is similar to the Indians who don't vote outside their caste (although a growing number of the next generation have started to do so, breaking the traditional mould). I agree with what you said though, that people can be subconsciously biased when parties are based on race or religion.
@@julesverneinoz Yes, I would like to include something here. When it comes to religiosity, it goes up and down in historical cycles. I believe that we have been experiencing an agnostic+secular phase in the cycle, and that we'll be entering a much more religious historical era in the future. For reference, when reading one of Rodney Starks book describe church attendance during the time of Martin Luther, it shocked me. When Martin Luther was a priest and started the protestant reformation, almost none of the locals attended mass on Sunday, they had completely stopped caring about it, and then a 100 years later there was a huge amount of intense religiosity back in Europe. I would recommend you look at the Rodney Stark book "A Star In The East". There it shows data that China has the worlds fastest growing christian population, with the total estimate being over 200 million people right now. However, the big majority of them are all underground living under persecution. China is projected to become a majority Christian country in 30-40 years from now if the growth rate of 7% per year is maintained (which it has from 1980's up to today).
@@Davidlorentzon Thanks for the references, not sure I'll have time to dig into religions as well as my other interests but good to know. Religion has its benefits and new religions are also invented all the time. Whether the future will follow the past is yet to be seen. I think mostly, people's reconciliation that life may not be for any meaning and death is just the end, like all things we discard, is an idea that can be very scary for some generations. Moreover, in some countries, affiliation to some religions can be tied to financial or social benefits, or traditions rather than the spiritual. That said, nothing says that there can only be one party for each race or one party for each religion if we really open it up?
I agree with you on most issues mentioned about the Divided States. It is a mess. Sometimes it looks like two children throwing objects at each others.
Couldn't agree more, especially on the gun topic. Even with the recent surge in gun violence here in Sweden, getting shot by a random nutjob is basically nonexistent because getting a gun requires jumping through a large amount of hoops, no matter if you go the legal or illegal route.
It really doesn’t though. Know the right person and it’s a phone call away. The right to bear arms is looked down upon by the rest of the world for the wrong reason. The Czech Republic has basically the same gun laws as the US but next to no major gun violence. It’s America’s mental health system that’s fucked up, not their gun politics. If it’s the gun laws that are bad in America, tell me- how do the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Slovakia etc. don’t have nearly as much gun violence? You don’t need a gun until you do. It’s better to have one and don’t need it than need it and don’t have it. If you don’t own a gun, you have to play by the rules of those that have it. I’m Swedish aswell but I realize that if someone with a gun tried to kill me or force me to do something I don’t want to, I have to do it and there’s nothing I can do about it. The armed American however has a choice. It is a right that you and I don’t have but should have.
Good morning Andrew. Like 👍🏽 your videos. Awesome. Can you please tell how did you move to Sweden. Like visa place to stay. Did you know anyone there before you left. How can we move to Sweden 🇸🇪 would be great to tell us. Thanks
As a swede at nr 4. yes i belive people have the right to defend their homes(high cap mags needed, adrenaline is a hell of a stay alive chemical, for the burglar/killer/rapist/rober) + the population of america is bigger, causes more crimes therefore is a much more of a problem... if you defend your family in Sweden you get convicted of murder, even if you kill someone in your house defending your family from mortal danger.. just saying, which is fucking wierd... In Sweden we should focus on a whole another topic... suicide prevention..
I would say they are more like pro Social democrat. Because what ever social democrats do, they always support it. Like hybrit for example. They not only support it, but demonize people that is citizising it.
and shockingly, that lack of compassion and empathy, like a lot of other aspects of american culture, seems to be exported to many european coutries and people seem to go for it 😕
Its sounds to me that he talk all the talking points from one side. He uses the talking points for both the right and the left, from only one side. That is while he is not right out saying it something like "my side have bad arguments, because i heard them, and other side is also bad, becasue my side say it have bad argument". Probably would benefit from actually listening to the other side argument directly .. and really actually talking to people. Sometimes there are totals valid explanations for things that sound strange.
The problem with unregulated capitalism imo. And it is spreading also. You see it here in Sweden as well but not so obvious though but it needs to change. The world is moving towards a class society with the ultra rich and really poor people in developed nations.
The ultra rich love regulation. That prevents anyone else from competing without having bureaucracies to handle the regulation. This is why Facebook, Amazon and other mega corporations push regulation. Lobbying exists to steer regulation, and America doesn't have unregulated capitalism... Note that with so much social and economic "progress", the rich get richer and poor get poorer. That's not a coincidence.
Becasue Communist china is compassionate? Exactly what unregulated capitalism are you referring to? it sounds like most of the problem is from lobysm, not captialism
Everyone just want the power to rule on their own and that happens all over the world but America is still important because everything in the world right now depends in the way or another on America and how they choose to do things and it affects the rest of the world but they seem not to care..It's really scary!
Yep, money need to be taken out of politics, heck, in the USA you used to have two different parties with different ideologies, one slightly left leaning party and one Conservative Party, but after legal bribes became acceptable and legal, the USA got one Conservative Party and one ultra Conservative Party.
You are very astute and absolutely correct in your assessment. I live in the Washington, DC area, and I have walked the halls of the congressional buildings on Capitol Hill. It is full of lobbyists for business. The organizations that they represent are often funded by millionaires and billionaires who lobby for their interests. The Democratic Party and Republican Party have colluded and agreed not to let an individual from another political party participate in a presidential debate unless they have 15% support in the polls. That essentially eliminates another Ross Perot from challenging the system. It explains why the Democratic Party and Republican Party only have their presidential candidates on stage every 4 years since 1992. The U.S. has a dysfunctional democratic system that needs tremendous reform. Our nation needs competition in its elections, and more political parties participating would make Democratic and Republican candidates running for the presidency and Congress work to earn the votes of American citizens. It should not matter if a presidential candidate has 1 percent in the polls. Sometimes that 1 percent can increase significantly after a debate is held.
That is how it works in Sweden as well, its just a bit more under cover, not that much in the open. And i would say its even worse in Sweden, becasue when ever you point it out you are called a conspiracy theorist.
1: Its not like the election is any less contested in Sweden than in the US. And there is also primary election int he US, that don´t exist in Sweden. And well, president election don´t exist in Sweden. The voters can only select the parliament that select who ever government they like with zero input from the people. In Sweden there is 3 election, top level, mid level and local level. In USA there is 3 elections only at top level. Sweden would highly benefit from the population selecting the government and parliament seperatly. The making of the government in 2022 wasn´t exactly smooth. So the Swedish system isn´t exactly good. may experts if any argue that its even worse. There is plenty of hostility in the Swedish system. But you should really ask your self, how is really the hostile one. While the statement of newsmedia is very true in the US, there are similar problems in Sweden. But its not the drug companies that control the media, rather what would be called establishment industry. They situation is really very similar, if anything its more opaque in Sweden. Its not that obvious that some industries go hand in hand with media and government. While the government news might be less sensational, they are in no way more fair. If you look at any subject they lean heavy pro establishment if not in a lot of cases pro social democrat. That is not necessarily left, but pro what ever social democrats lastly implemented. This is very oblivious say on the horribly bad like the green steel thing that they just blanket support, and even worse, demonize people that criticize it. And its not even a left or right issue. Its just a thing that one party support an done party dont. 5:20 Well i kind of think it sounds like you really just listen to one side argument, and you listent to that side of the other sides argument. Its really a danger listening ot the one side about the other sides argument. Sorry, don´t lean how peopel want to be precised is not stopping them from existing. You can´t dictate how other people precive you, that would be nondemoratic. Look at the gun debate. the argument is that only we regulate guns the problem would go away.. well would it? lest break down the stats. 61% is suicides, that is people that would step in front of a train or jump of a bridge, and there is actually evidence to support that. 35% is illegal usage of illegal fire arms. That is firearms that is already illegal prior to being used illegal. 1% is legal usage, that is self defense. 1% is unintentionally, 1% is undetermined, and 0.2% is mass shootings (that generally is also illegally optained.) The problem is not a lack of compassion, the problem is a lack of listening to the actuall arguments. "want to win at all cost, in steed of finding a common ground"... "i think change is comming" Eeeh, it really sounds like you are your self your own problem in the debate. The money in politics is just as much a problem in Sweden, its just that the media is hiding it better.
Andrew I guess there are more things to hate about America. I will pick up some. 1. What I hate is the abortion law and the hatred towards women who have abortions. In my opinion, no other person can decide over another woman's body and decide that she has to keep the child against her will. In my opinion, only the woman who is pregnant can decide not even the father of the children. The opponents of abortion often involve God in abortion and this makes me even more angry, because they claim that God does not like it and you have to think about the rights of the unborn child. BUT this is bullshit, because an unwanted child of its mother is born knowing this, to be hated by its mother. I don't think if god existed he would accept that a child is born, to feel bad for the rest of his life, to know that you are hated. Because God knows that many of these unwanted children take their own lives precisely because they feel so bad. 2. What I hate about America is the tax system, which is completely wrong. Because in America, the more money you make, the less tax you pay. The Americans who earn less pay more in taxes, just look at Trump for example, he pays less in taxes than what his secretary pays. Consider that the 401 richest people in America, their combined wealth equals what 70% of the American people have together in wealth. These 401 people pay the least tax in America and therefore they can continue to increase their wealth. Together with these 401 people, they are the ones who have the greatest influence on politics in America. 3. What I hate about America is health care. In America, most money is invested in healthcare, but still everything must be profitable. It is madness that you are charged for having to go to an ambulance, that it costs between 500 and 800 dollars. I am a type 2 diabetic and it is appalling that so many Americans are dying of type 2 diabetes simply because they cannot afford their vital meds. Also, it's crazy how much debt people get just because they end up in the hospital and end up in debt for the rest of their lives. 3. What I hate about the United States is that you still use a law that applied over 200 years ago in America, the right to protect yourself and your home. It was different over 200 years ago than it is today. As you mentioned a bit about type of guns that people own. If the right to bear and own arms was banned, several thousand people's lives would be saved, especially the lives of children. It is madness that a person who happens to be walking on someone else's property gets shot. 4. What I hate about America is the poor police training they have. In America, you become a fully trained police officer after only having an education that is between 19 and 36 weeks. In Sweden, you don't become a police officer until after 3 years of police training. This is because in the content of Sweden's Police Training You will learn to analyze problems, seek knowledge, see connections, find solutions, make decisions and evaluate your efforts. The studies include subjects such as law, criminology, nursing science, behavioral science, social work and political science. Not much, if any, of that is included in American police training. Therefore, American police are dangerous to the American public.
How do you ”happen to be walking on someone’s property”? And no, the situation today is not at all that different from 200 years ago. There are countries with tyrannical states that oppress their people. That can happen overnight and if the people isn’t armed, there is no resistance worth mentioning. If you are comfortable giving away your right to defend your loved ones then don’t buy a gun. I on the other hand will not sit and watch if someone hurts me or my family.
That is really not that far of how it works in Sweden to. or pretty much any western countries. And its not really coperate parties, more like a fashist party, where the coperate leaders use politics to sustain there position. A lot of people don´t know that its actually what fascism is about.
As for the media: publicly funded implies political control of the news media. It's not rating, it's political parties instead, not convinced that's progress.
Not necessarily. If you look at Sweden, for example, ministerial rule is not allowed. In practice this means that it is illegal for the government or any member of the parliament to interfere with the content produced by the institutions they fund. This also includes an independent judicial system. The government pass laws, but they're not allowed to control how the courts interpret them. I'm sure it is like this in many other democratic countries too.
@@footingball5566 That's right. The public media in all European countries are political cesspits and it takes just a short sample of viewing to verify how beholden they are to public policies. Sweden is sadly no exception.
@@MysticJabulon there never will be an exception either. I don’t want to have a choice over what media I support which is impossible if you have public media being tax funded.
Total lack of compensation exists in Sweden too. Has 0 to do with a 2 party system. It's VERY immigrant vs. Swede here. There's also classism in Sweden that rivals America.
When it comes to boomsticks, I've always thought it was weird that people were allowed to have them. But my view has changed as I read more. More restrictions will not improve the situation in the way that opponents want. There will be illegal guns and knives. It has been known from other countries that the use of knives is increasing so that overall it will be about the same. But at the same time, access to weapons is not something positive. The problem is on a cultural level, which I have no idea how to change. Multicultural societies, like the US, are always much more violent. But it is something that, in the case of the United States, nothing can be done about.
Access to guns IS positive as long as someone else has it. If only the state has guns, they have full control. If it’s the criminal gangs, it’s them etc. I want less restrictive gun laws in Sweden but I also realize that we have some stuff to fix before we can do that. It’s too multicultural, polarized and generally unstable today. Maybe in 20 years or so we could have very free gun laws.
I totally agree that having just two parties is aboslute bonkers. And that all of US only can come up with those two candidates and noone else... How is that?
I´m pretty sure USA have primary election where you can chose among any of a list of cadidates. And that is not only true for president, but also senate and congress. That is a total of 6 elections. That of the first 3 you have typically 3-5 different to candidates to choose from, and the second election you have 2 (well technically there is more, but 2 realistic). That gives a total of about 20 choices. In Sweden those 6 election is all in one. You got 8 parties that can realistically get mandates, and that is it.
What I Hate is the fact that American politics is dribbling over into my beautiful country - Canada 🇨🇦 - the True North Strong and Free (part of our National Anthem). I am Standing on Guard (also part of our Anthem).
Your country is less free than the US. You have stricter gun laws, restricted freedom of speech etc. The only thing I like about Canada is the hockey and drug laws.
@@nancyrafnson4780 you might do but there are people that don’t so I’d speak for myself if I were you. That’s not the point though. You are less free than Americans. So am I but the fact still remaims. We do not have the fundamental right to defend ourselves that they do. It works great until the day it doesn’t.
@@footingball5566 I like the fact that the lack of having a gun, having the chance of not being able to take other people's lives for under $50 or less, is giving me better mental health and feeling safer with other people (who also lack the chance of taking my life for under $50 or less). I do not see freedom as also having access to anything that can harm others who have the same rights to live as me. I am also appreciative of my lack of freedom to press the launch button on our nuclear warheads.
@@julesverneinoz Bro… Killing people is free. Yes, you need to spend time in prison but it’s not like there’s a price tag on killing someone. Your argument doesn’t really make sense either. Of course you are going to have better mental health if you don’t think about all of that but that doesn’t make you safer. You just simply choose to ignore the fact that your freedom can be taken away from you at any moment and you can’t do shit about it. Neither can I but at least I do my duty as a citizen in a democratic society and don’t trust authorities.
USA should go to a prime minister (where people vote for a party, not a person). It is called a parliamentary system. Electing a President creates an atmosphere of "king" which is unhealthy. Electing a party (as a parliamentary system) would be much more equitable and diverse. Probably real change, such as health care and gun control, would have a bigger chance.
Gun control is madness. It doesn’t work at all AND it infringes what I believe to be a human right- the right to self defense. If politicians are telling you to hand over your guns whilst keeping their own guns, you should immediately get suspicious.
ok....but just don t get it. Why are you making a long video filming just yourself??? So much to see, still obviously most interesting showing yourself, weird...sorry. (And "Sweden", well you probably have to live here for a bit longer, doing some more research....)
Just wish that USA moved closer to where Sweden was 30-40 years ago instead of Sweden becoming closer and closer to USA in these things.
Id say the US would be at its best if it was like that with out the sterelising trans people
Tjena!!!! Stockholm is one of the few highly advanced cities, framed within a mediaeval architecture. Home to the greatest company on our planet. L.M. Ericsson, where I worked for 15 years of my career. Everyone needs to visit Sweden, a bucket list destination that opens the mind to what the world is really like.
Could also recommend Visby or Gotland.
As a Swedish gun owner I think sweden does alot wrong, like the 5 year licenses on guns. That even was revoked in parliament but two governments have now ignored that ruling. Its undemocratic. That said your biggest problem is your mindset around guns. Here in Sweden we own guns for hunting and sport. In the US primary for self defense
In the US guns are mainly for hunting, over 15 million hunters, and sport shooting. Self defense is secondary, although it may be first among women.
We should be able to have it for self defense in Sweden too. I think it should be possible to get a semi automatic rifle/ carbine with up to at least 30 round mags and pistols for concealed carry. It should require a license of course. I also know some hunters and I truly feel for how annoying that 5 year license is. I’m gonna save up for a hunting/ gun license now and probably dynamic shooting aswell so I can own an AR-15.
@@footingball5566 Statistics from the US shows that risk of bodily harm during a altercation is greater if you carry. Sure swedish gun owners are better trained etc but I still think it's a bad idea.
@@andersmalmgren6528 of course there is a higher risk of bodily harm- for the piece of filth that attacked you. I’m fine to live in a society where I can put a bullet into a robber rather than having to give up all my shit. Also, yes, most Swedish gun owners are well trained but the american that do train are so far ahead of Swedish gun owners that it’s ridiculous.
The main risk is a diminishing middle-class!
Well done! Always interesting to get both views from you! USS good and bad! If time is not enough, go shorter? 7-8 minutes maybe can be a way?
Hello Andrew! I'm 28 years old, born in Sweden with an American mother. The US two party system was from the start created to prevent political parties being closely connected to certain ethnic and religious groups. In countries that are diverse + proportional representation, they have huge problems with voters not voting according to ideology, but according to identity. So instead of having 5 political parties based on ideology, as you described it, you would get political parties closely tied to ethnicity and religion. You would then have the Black party, the Latino party, the Mormon party, the Evangelical Party and potentially, the Jewish party. In such a situation, the USA would have a far worse political situation than today.
For reference, I'll quote the founding father of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew. "In multiracial societies, you don't vote in accordance with your economic interests and social interests, you vote in accordance with race and religion."
It is only in homogenous democracies or in limited two-party systems where you can get people to vote according to economic and social interests.
I'd argue that Lee Kuan Yew's quote is starting to get outdated and will continue to be in the future with the growing population of agnostics and people marrying across races. However, what you're describing is similar to the Indians who don't vote outside their caste (although a growing number of the next generation have started to do so, breaking the traditional mould). I agree with what you said though, that people can be subconsciously biased when parties are based on race or religion.
@@julesverneinoz Yes, I would like to include something here. When it comes to religiosity, it goes up and down in historical cycles. I believe that we have been experiencing an agnostic+secular phase in the cycle, and that we'll be entering a much more religious historical era in the future.
For reference, when reading one of Rodney Starks book describe church attendance during the time of Martin Luther, it shocked me. When Martin Luther was a priest and started the protestant reformation, almost none of the locals attended mass on Sunday, they had completely stopped caring about it, and then a 100 years later there was a huge amount of intense religiosity back in Europe.
I would recommend you look at the Rodney Stark book "A Star In The East". There it shows data that China has the worlds fastest growing christian population, with the total estimate being over 200 million people right now. However, the big majority of them are all underground living under persecution. China is projected to become a majority Christian country in 30-40 years from now if the growth rate of 7% per year is maintained (which it has from 1980's up to today).
@@Davidlorentzon Thanks for the references, not sure I'll have time to dig into religions as well as my other interests but good to know. Religion has its benefits and new religions are also invented all the time.
Whether the future will follow the past is yet to be seen. I think mostly, people's reconciliation that life may not be for any meaning and death is just the end, like all things we discard, is an idea that can be very scary for some generations. Moreover, in some countries, affiliation to some religions can be tied to financial or social benefits, or traditions rather than the spiritual.
That said, nothing says that there can only be one party for each race or one party for each religion if we really open it up?
In reality we also only have 2 parties. Its either a coalition with S or a coalition with M
And there are no primaries. There are no senate and there are no president election
@@matsv201 we have the Riksdag which fulfill the same role as the Senate. We have a prime minister and the king for ceremonial duties
I agree with you on most issues mentioned about the Divided States. It is a mess.
Sometimes it looks like two children throwing objects at each others.
The reason is you have "The-winner-takes-it-all election system".
Couldn't agree more, especially on the gun topic. Even with the recent surge in gun violence here in Sweden, getting shot by a random nutjob is basically nonexistent because getting a gun requires jumping through a large amount of hoops, no matter if you go the legal or illegal route.
It really doesn’t though. Know the right person and it’s a phone call away. The right to bear arms is looked down upon by the rest of the world for the wrong reason. The Czech Republic has basically the same gun laws as the US but next to no major gun violence. It’s America’s mental health system that’s fucked up, not their gun politics. If it’s the gun laws that are bad in America, tell me- how do the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Slovakia etc. don’t have nearly as much gun violence?
You don’t need a gun until you do. It’s better to have one and don’t need it than need it and don’t have it. If you don’t own a gun, you have to play by the rules of those that have it. I’m Swedish aswell but I realize that if someone with a gun tried to kill me or force me to do something I don’t want to, I have to do it and there’s nothing I can do about it. The armed American however has a choice. It is a right that you and I don’t have but should have.
Good morning Andrew. Like 👍🏽 your videos. Awesome. Can you please tell how did you move to Sweden. Like visa place to stay. Did you know anyone there before you left. How can we move to Sweden 🇸🇪 would be great to tell us. Thanks
As a swede at nr 4. yes i belive people have the right to defend their homes(high cap mags needed, adrenaline is a hell of a stay alive chemical, for the burglar/killer/rapist/rober) + the population of america is bigger, causes more crimes therefore is a much more of a problem... if you defend your family in Sweden you get convicted of murder, even if you kill someone in your house defending your family from mortal danger.. just saying, which is fucking wierd... In Sweden we should focus on a whole another topic... suicide prevention..
I encourage you to learn about the Twitter files & the Durham report!
I used to think the same things about the two-party system, but the last few years in Germany (and Sweden for that matter) have shown me otherwise.
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❤ dream on...the Duopoly reigns in Murika
The public news in sweden is far left
Yup. They take our tax money to push propaganda to elect the same people again. It’s so obviously corrupt that it’s sickening.
I would say they are more like pro Social democrat. Because what ever social democrats do, they always support it.
Like hybrit for example. They not only support it, but demonize people that is citizising it.
Socrates feared it from the very beginning, "as time goes by, democracy will be highjacked by demagogue"
and shockingly, that lack of compassion and empathy, like a lot of other aspects of american culture, seems to be exported to many european coutries and people seem to go for it 😕
Its sounds to me that he talk all the talking points from one side. He uses the talking points for both the right and the left, from only one side.
That is while he is not right out saying it something like "my side have bad arguments, because i heard them, and other side is also bad, becasue my side say it have bad argument".
Probably would benefit from actually listening to the other side argument directly .. and really actually talking to people. Sometimes there are totals valid explanations for things that sound strange.
The problem with unregulated capitalism imo. And it is spreading also. You see it here in Sweden as well but not so obvious though but it needs to change. The world is moving towards a class society with the ultra rich and really poor people in developed nations.
The ultra rich love regulation. That prevents anyone else from competing without having bureaucracies to handle the regulation. This is why Facebook, Amazon and other mega corporations push regulation. Lobbying exists to steer regulation, and America doesn't have unregulated capitalism... Note that with so much social and economic "progress", the rich get richer and poor get poorer. That's not a coincidence.
Becasue Communist china is compassionate?
Exactly what unregulated capitalism are you referring to? it sounds like most of the problem is from lobysm, not captialism
du har blivit en riktig svensk ;-)
Everyone just want the power to rule on their own and that happens all over the world but America is still important because everything in the world right now depends in the way or another on America and how they choose to do things and it affects the rest of the world but they seem not to care..It's really scary!
Also, the separation of the state & the church isn't nearly large enough in the US, especially in the GOP.
Yep, money need to be taken out of politics, heck, in the USA you used to have two different parties with different ideologies, one slightly left leaning party and one Conservative Party, but after legal bribes became acceptable and legal, the USA got one Conservative Party and one ultra Conservative Party.
You are very astute and absolutely correct in your assessment. I live in the Washington, DC area, and I have walked the halls of the congressional buildings on Capitol Hill. It is full of lobbyists for business. The organizations that they represent are often funded by millionaires and billionaires who lobby for their interests.
The Democratic Party and Republican Party have colluded and agreed not to let an individual from another political party participate in a presidential debate unless they have 15% support in the polls. That essentially eliminates another Ross Perot from challenging the system. It explains why the Democratic Party and Republican Party only have their presidential candidates on stage every 4 years since 1992.
The U.S. has a dysfunctional democratic system that needs tremendous reform. Our nation needs competition in its elections, and more political parties participating would make Democratic and Republican candidates running for the presidency and Congress work to earn the votes of American citizens. It should not matter if a presidential candidate has 1 percent in the polls. Sometimes that 1 percent can increase significantly after a debate is held.
That is how it works in Sweden as well, its just a bit more under cover, not that much in the open. And i would say its even worse in Sweden, becasue when ever you point it out you are called a conspiracy theorist.
1: Its not like the election is any less contested in Sweden than in the US. And there is also primary election int he US, that don´t exist in Sweden. And well, president election don´t exist in Sweden. The voters can only select the parliament that select who ever government they like with zero input from the people. In Sweden there is 3 election, top level, mid level and local level. In USA there is 3 elections only at top level. Sweden would highly benefit from the population selecting the government and parliament seperatly. The making of the government in 2022 wasn´t exactly smooth. So the Swedish system isn´t exactly good. may experts if any argue that its even worse.
There is plenty of hostility in the Swedish system. But you should really ask your self, how is really the hostile one.
While the statement of newsmedia is very true in the US, there are similar problems in Sweden. But its not the drug companies that control the media, rather what would be called establishment industry. They situation is really very similar, if anything its more opaque in Sweden. Its not that obvious that some industries go hand in hand with media and government.
While the government news might be less sensational, they are in no way more fair. If you look at any subject they lean heavy pro establishment if not in a lot of cases pro social democrat. That is not necessarily left, but pro what ever social democrats lastly implemented. This is very oblivious say on the horribly bad like the green steel thing that they just blanket support, and even worse, demonize people that criticize it. And its not even a left or right issue. Its just a thing that one party support an done party dont.
5:20 Well i kind of think it sounds like you really just listen to one side argument, and you listent to that side of the other sides argument. Its really a danger listening ot the one side about the other sides argument.
Sorry, don´t lean how peopel want to be precised is not stopping them from existing. You can´t dictate how other people precive you, that would be nondemoratic.
Look at the gun debate. the argument is that only we regulate guns the problem would go away.. well would it? lest break down the stats. 61% is suicides, that is people that would step in front of a train or jump of a bridge, and there is actually evidence to support that.
35% is illegal usage of illegal fire arms. That is firearms that is already illegal prior to being used illegal.
1% is legal usage, that is self defense. 1% is unintentionally, 1% is undetermined, and 0.2% is mass shootings (that generally is also illegally optained.)
The problem is not a lack of compassion, the problem is a lack of listening to the actuall arguments.
"want to win at all cost, in steed of finding a common ground"... "i think change is comming"
Eeeh, it really sounds like you are your self your own problem in the debate.
The money in politics is just as much a problem in Sweden, its just that the media is hiding it better.
Andrew I guess there are more things to hate about America. I will pick up some.
1. What I hate is the abortion law and the hatred towards women who have abortions. In my opinion, no other person can decide over another woman's body and decide that she has to keep the child against her will. In my opinion, only the woman who is pregnant can decide not even the father of the children. The opponents of abortion often involve God in abortion and this makes me even more angry, because they claim that God does not like it and you have to think about the rights of the unborn child. BUT this is bullshit, because an unwanted child of its mother is born knowing this, to be hated by its mother. I don't think if god existed he would accept that a child is born, to feel bad for the rest of his life, to know that you are hated. Because God knows that many of these unwanted children take their own lives precisely because they feel so bad.
2. What I hate about America is the tax system, which is completely wrong. Because in America, the more money you make, the less tax you pay. The Americans who earn less pay more in taxes, just look at Trump for example, he pays less in taxes than what his secretary pays. Consider that the 401 richest people in America, their combined wealth equals what 70% of the American people have together in wealth.
These 401 people pay the least tax in America and therefore they can continue to increase their wealth.
Together with these 401 people, they are the ones who have the greatest influence on politics in America.
3. What I hate about America is health care. In America, most money is invested in healthcare, but still everything must be profitable. It is madness that you are charged for having to go to an ambulance, that it costs between 500 and 800 dollars. I am a type 2 diabetic and it is appalling that so many Americans are dying of type 2 diabetes simply because they cannot afford their vital meds.
Also, it's crazy how much debt people get just because they end up in the hospital and end up in debt for the rest of their lives.
3. What I hate about the United States is that you still use a law that applied over 200 years ago in America, the right to protect yourself and your home. It was different over 200 years ago than it is today. As you mentioned a bit about type of guns that people own. If the right to bear and own arms was banned, several thousand people's lives would be saved, especially the lives of children.
It is madness that a person who happens to be walking on someone else's property gets shot.
4. What I hate about America is the poor police training they have. In America, you become a fully trained police officer after only having an education that is between 19 and 36 weeks. In Sweden, you don't become a police officer until after 3 years of police training. This is because in the content of Sweden's Police Training
You will learn to analyze problems, seek knowledge, see connections, find solutions, make decisions and evaluate your efforts. The studies include subjects such as law, criminology, nursing science, behavioral science, social work and political science.
Not much, if any, of that is included in American police training.
Therefore, American police are dangerous to the American public.
How do you ”happen to be walking on someone’s property”? And no, the situation today is not at all that different from 200 years ago. There are countries with tyrannical states that oppress their people. That can happen overnight and if the people isn’t armed, there is no resistance worth mentioning. If you are comfortable giving away your right to defend your loved ones then don’t buy a gun. I on the other hand will not sit and watch if someone hurts me or my family.
Two party system that's a laugh... different wings of the same corporate party.
That is really not that far of how it works in Sweden to. or pretty much any western countries. And its not really coperate parties, more like a fashist party, where the coperate leaders use politics to sustain there position.
A lot of people don´t know that its actually what fascism is about.
Why are you coming at me Andrew?
Divide and conquer....
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As for the media: publicly funded implies political control of the news media. It's not rating, it's political parties instead, not convinced that's progress.
Not necessarily. If you look at Sweden, for example, ministerial rule is not allowed. In practice this means that it is illegal for the government or any member of the parliament to interfere with the content produced by the institutions they fund. This also includes an independent judicial system. The government pass laws, but they're not allowed to control how the courts interpret them. I'm sure it is like this in many other democratic countries too.
@@carlkolthoff5402 that’s how it works on paper but far from how it works in practice.
@@carlkolthoff5402 Yeah, that's the theory. In reality the parties in the riksdag keep a close eye on who is on the board -- they will know why.
@@footingball5566 That's right. The public media in all European countries are political cesspits and it takes just a short sample of viewing to verify how beholden they are to public policies. Sweden is sadly no exception.
@@MysticJabulon there never will be an exception either. I don’t want to have a choice over what media I support which is impossible if you have public media being tax funded.
I can discribe the US with few words. Me me me money money money. Thats it very easy to discribe it. 🙂
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it`s always the f++++ng money . Tja!!
Total lack of compensation exists in Sweden too. Has 0 to do with a 2 party system. It's VERY immigrant vs. Swede here. There's also classism in Sweden that rivals America.
You mean compassion?
One of the things I'm still grateful for in the US: no grenade attacks
Totally agree with you, except about religion. Religion needs to go. Religion is the greatest danger to me as a person in the LGBTQIA+ community.
Cope harder
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I wounder what you dislike the most. Getting thrown of a building or sent to a summer camp
When it comes to boomsticks, I've always thought it was weird that people were allowed to have them. But my view has changed as I read more. More restrictions will not improve the situation in the way that opponents want. There will be illegal guns and knives. It has been known from other countries that the use of knives is increasing so that overall it will be about the same. But at the same time, access to weapons is not something positive. The problem is on a cultural level, which I have no idea how to change. Multicultural societies, like the US, are always much more violent. But it is something that, in the case of the United States, nothing can be done about.
Access to guns IS positive as long as someone else has it. If only the state has guns, they have full control. If it’s the criminal gangs, it’s them etc. I want less restrictive gun laws in Sweden but I also realize that we have some stuff to fix before we can do that. It’s too multicultural, polarized and generally unstable today. Maybe in 20 years or so we could have very free gun laws.
Hm skräp media. Kanske ärdetså att du inte håller med om andras åsikter eller menar du kändis pressen. Jag bara undrar.
I totally agree that having just two parties is aboslute bonkers. And that all of US only can come up with those two candidates and noone else... How is that?
I´m pretty sure USA have primary election where you can chose among any of a list of cadidates. And that is not only true for president, but also senate and congress.
That is a total of 6 elections. That of the first 3 you have typically 3-5 different to candidates to choose from, and the second election you have 2 (well technically there is more, but 2 realistic). That gives a total of about 20 choices.
In Sweden those 6 election is all in one. You got 8 parties that can realistically get mandates, and that is it.
you sound kinda left leaning
What I Hate is the fact that American politics is dribbling over into my beautiful country - Canada 🇨🇦 - the True North Strong and Free (part of our National Anthem). I am Standing on Guard (also part of our Anthem).
Your country is less free than the US. You have stricter gun laws, restricted freedom of speech etc. The only thing I like about Canada is the hockey and drug laws.
@@footingball5566 we Like our gun laws thank you very much!
@@nancyrafnson4780 you might do but there are people that don’t so I’d speak for myself if I were you. That’s not the point though. You are less free than Americans. So am I but the fact still remaims. We do not have the fundamental right to defend ourselves that they do. It works great until the day it doesn’t.
@@footingball5566 I like the fact that the lack of having a gun, having the chance of not being able to take other people's lives for under $50 or less, is giving me better mental health and feeling safer with other people (who also lack the chance of taking my life for under $50 or less). I do not see freedom as also having access to anything that can harm others who have the same rights to live as me. I am also appreciative of my lack of freedom to press the launch button on our nuclear warheads.
@@julesverneinoz Bro… Killing people is free. Yes, you need to spend time in prison but it’s not like there’s a price tag on killing someone. Your argument doesn’t really make sense either. Of course you are going to have better mental health if you don’t think about all of that but that doesn’t make you safer. You just simply choose to ignore the fact that your freedom can be taken away from you at any moment and you can’t do shit about it. Neither can I but at least I do my duty as a citizen in a democratic society and don’t trust authorities.
USA should go to a prime minister (where people vote for a party, not a person). It is called a parliamentary system.
Electing a President creates an atmosphere of "king" which is unhealthy.
Electing a party (as a parliamentary system) would be much more equitable and diverse. Probably real change, such as health care and gun control, would have a bigger chance.
Gun control is madness. It doesn’t work at all AND it infringes what I believe to be a human right- the right to self defense. If politicians are telling you to hand over your guns whilst keeping their own guns, you should immediately get suspicious.
Jag håller med dig fullständigt i allt du säger denna gången USA är verkligen på nedgång och kanske därför ser det ut som det gör i ditt hemland
The us democrats are like our right
eeeh.. no, they are really not.
ok....but just don t get it. Why are you making a long video filming just yourself??? So much to see, still obviously most interesting showing yourself, weird...sorry. (And "Sweden", well you probably have to live here for a bit longer, doing some more research....)
How dare I film myself when I film a UA-cam video talking!
You're a nut job buddy 🤣