Sweden: ‘We knew we were the best'

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  • In the idyllic garden of Sweden, a father describes how, by trying to always be the best, Swedish politics has been devoured by the internet and division has taken hold
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 136

  • @alvelindell6093
    @alvelindell6093 4 роки тому +32

    I dont know how but i think he alinated every single party in sweden at the same time.

    • @vannakinder352
      @vannakinder352 4 роки тому +4

      or he just delivered criticism adding to criticize Sweden's current zeitgeist.

    • @insightfulhistorian1861
      @insightfulhistorian1861 3 роки тому

      His criticism of Sweden was fine-tuned and eloquent, without being overdrawn. It is hard to dispute anything he said.

  • @janderEmoreKan
    @janderEmoreKan 4 роки тому +12

    For years, I've been witnessing the elitism of Swedish people regarding the rest of Europe (specially south of Europe). As shown in the video, a huge part of the middle class is basically... rich. Rich, elitist, distant, cold, dry, extremely individualistic people. A great country in many aspects, but if you don't share those values it's hard to enjoy.

  • @LK-qf1op
    @LK-qf1op 4 роки тому +18

    Not sure if the ambivalence and sarcasm of his words are fully translated in the subtitles.

    • @DorianLS
      @DorianLS 4 роки тому +2

      Though some was expressed in his manner which had a kind of ironic, and very subtle sarcasm. I don't know Swedish so your comment is helpful.

    • @SpencerHHO
      @SpencerHHO 3 роки тому

      It came through loud and clear to me as someone with zero Swedish language.

  • @tomasruckett
    @tomasruckett 4 роки тому +30

    The funny thing is, most of the people in the comment section are exactly the ones he's talking about...and they're behaving just as expected.

  • @markgallicano
    @markgallicano 4 роки тому +12

    Same thing happening in Canada and its dividing the country .

    • @abdullahi5692
      @abdullahi5692 4 роки тому

      You change Canada to what it was not and it keep going doing so,
      if you what how it was? leave it to the people who leavde thier before you.

    • @stevenobinator2229
      @stevenobinator2229 4 роки тому +1

      @@abdullahi5692 CANADA IS APLACE FOR ALL PEOPLES. SWEDEN IS NOT, IT IS FOR SWEDS, HISTORY IS SWEDISH, AND THEY SHOULD BE MIGHTY PROUD OF THEMSELVES

  • @Gamleman
    @Gamleman 3 роки тому +5

    7 out of 8 parties wanted a sober debate about imigration, yeah sure if sober means saying everybody is welcome here and the eight party says this will cause problems (which three out of those former seven agree to now btw)...

  • @erikpeterson25
    @erikpeterson25 4 роки тому +3

    Interesting commentary re: internet, instagram, twitter and Facebook..i understand.....thx for the insight......i am of Swedish heritage
    best wishes for all from USA

  • @jockemustafa
    @jockemustafa 4 роки тому +6

    I don't know what to say. Well done, and explained as a third theory of what's happening in Sweden right now, I'll go for this version.

  • @yocopocopoco
    @yocopocopoco 4 роки тому +6

    Sweden:we knew we were the pest

  • @MrVanillaCaramel
    @MrVanillaCaramel 4 роки тому +3

    Sweden needs a hero

  • @petru-danielflorea9457
    @petru-danielflorea9457 4 роки тому +3

    we have a history and we respect it and not trying to REWRITE that.we do not forget..and we learn from the past

  • @michaellust
    @michaellust 4 роки тому +3

    Så känner jag det.....

  • @torrace12
    @torrace12 4 роки тому +7

    I am a Swede and i don't agree with what he says it's not what I see happening in this country
    i see the problems in our country as the results of many decades puritanically motivated ideologies

    • @bringiton5282
      @bringiton5282 3 роки тому

      Puritanical ideologies ? What do you mean ?

  • @alcmeone1087
    @alcmeone1087 4 роки тому +1

    Maybe the author wants to suggest that in the hyperconnection Era, democracy as a form of governance of human comunities is wearing out.

    • @CedarHunt
      @CedarHunt 4 роки тому +2

      Nah, the issue isn't democracy it's the break down on our ability to communicate with each other. We were never meant to communicate exclusively through writing and never before have people been expected to say so much with so little. 140 characters just isn't enough to say something meaningful and even here in this comment I'm writing I am unable to have a real discussion with you to share the substance of the idea I'm attempting to convey and can't be certain that I'm interpreting your point in the way you intended. The opportunities for misinterpretation and miscommunication are everywhere. It's a miracle that anything of value is said on the internet at all.

  • @martinmuren8757
    @martinmuren8757 4 роки тому +3

    Gnälligt, politiskt tveksamt, översimplifierat och selektiv relation till fakta. Klassiskt Svensk retorik.

  • @stephenrichards5386
    @stephenrichards5386 4 роки тому

    It's not over yet

  • @kamiljay2697
    @kamiljay2697 4 роки тому

    No Volvo c'mon

  • @MrAmbrosse
    @MrAmbrosse 4 роки тому +4

    Should be titled " we thought we were the best " haha

  • @xiao-rongpeng9804
    @xiao-rongpeng9804 4 роки тому

    The system is now being tested for dealing with COVID19 crisis.

    • @nope-jj1rw
      @nope-jj1rw 4 роки тому

      Not the system, the culture. It's awful to experience, tbh.

  • @santana45v
    @santana45v 2 роки тому

    Cold in winter I'll stay in Mexico

  • @pannenkoekspek
    @pannenkoekspek 4 роки тому +22

    Sweden is destroyed in one generation. It's so sad.

    • @stream2watch
      @stream2watch 4 роки тому

      Meeh. So where do you live?

    • @stream2watch
      @stream2watch 4 роки тому

      @Vladimir Routing Figure out which YT account you want to answer with, then get back to me.

  • @babbladudda6420
    @babbladudda6420 3 роки тому

    är med dig . vad vill du"

  • @HasanKhater
    @HasanKhater 3 роки тому +2

    After nearly a year of constant trips to Sweden I realize that Sweden doesn’t have a society, just a group of people united by culture, language and race (well, kind of), the moment you become cold and individual, not communicative (as a society) even 1% of the population (immigrant origin) can dye the country in a different color due to their strong network relationships web.

    • @kungbengt1393
      @kungbengt1393 3 роки тому +5

      Our society exists. You wont notice If you visit, but we all follow certain rules without question and we all know exactly what to do In certain situations. Discipline Is printed everywhere In our society. We are extremely cold and unforgiving to those who doesn’t follow the same social rules as us. The immigrants here will either adapt or be crushed, as have all foreigners been since the Viking Age. Sweden has always been the same and will always remain the same country that It was 2000 years ago.

  • @taunteratwill1787
    @taunteratwill1787 4 роки тому +3

    The whole world is resetting their interactions every 50 years, it's like a law of nature. With the fast communication possibilities we have now it will happen just faster and with shorter intervals. Nothing will or can stop this evolution. It was never for improvement of human kind, it just changes things.

  • @daniluchison
    @daniluchison 4 роки тому +1

    Post COVID-19 will be a very different Europe.
    It will no longer be a dream, it will turn into a nightmare.

  • @bonsummers2657
    @bonsummers2657 4 роки тому +3

    What are we to think of this? Well, I'll just say, keep Sweden it's ethno-racial-cultural distinctiveness which it developed natively.

  • @JohnnyCanuck32
    @JohnnyCanuck32 4 роки тому +3

    #SWEXIT coming soon ????? Let's HOPE so! #WPRPN

  • @guardianculture
    @guardianculture  4 роки тому

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  • @harlequin2614
    @harlequin2614 4 роки тому +16

    Does this make me regret Brexit....not one bit! Ive seen three of these corny vids from Guardian now and they are all straw-man arguments basically boiling down to "its for the best" with absolutely no clear picture of what that actually is or means

    • @Marenqo
      @Marenqo 4 роки тому +2

      It makes me regret, I never wanted Brexit, I never wanted Boris, I never wanted any of this

    • @harlequin2614
      @harlequin2614 4 роки тому

      Pidols smile chum we got your back. The simple truth is we are all in this together more so than ever. The future is uncertain...however I view this as a unique opportunity to show the world and Europe especially what the Brits are made of. It will be hard howeve if we succeed the EU will have been shown just how useless and corrupt it really is. Europe should know we will always have their back but we must walk towards a future where we have a more direct say in who runs the country and what policies we choose to enact

    • @hikari_no_yume
      @hikari_no_yume 4 роки тому +2

      have you perhaps considered that it isn't actually about you or Brexit and you are projecting

    • @harlequin2614
      @harlequin2614 4 роки тому +5

      ugh have you considered that the eu and the guardian are projecting a pathetic attempt at shaming the uk?and it is about me, me and millions others who voted to leave

  • @paulmcdonough1093
    @paulmcdonough1093 4 роки тому +1

    neutral in 2 world wars Sweden done nothing watched people suffer G B left e u and had the guts to leave

  • @atheistgenocideinthebible1102
    @atheistgenocideinthebible1102 4 роки тому

    China kaufte die schwedische Firma Volvo?!!! Überall sind die Chinesen wirklich, genau wie in Italien! Alles haben die Chinesen!!!

  • @Charlie-zp2se
    @Charlie-zp2se 3 роки тому +1

    He's so beautiful

  • @orandaxi
    @orandaxi 4 роки тому +1

    the best...lmfao

  • @aliceglamis
    @aliceglamis 4 роки тому +2

    what a sexy language!

  • @petru-danielflorea9457
    @petru-danielflorea9457 4 роки тому +4

    here in europe WE ARE UNITED

  • @mariuszbogacki1730
    @mariuszbogacki1730 4 роки тому +2

    When I say European Identity, you think of...

    • @mariuszbogacki1730
      @mariuszbogacki1730 4 роки тому +2

      @AsiA I. Isn't there more to it than just geography though?

    • @MaSsiVeGaming1
      @MaSsiVeGaming1 4 роки тому +14

      Nothing, there is not a single shared "European identity". We are Europeans, but we are all different, of different languages and ethnic or national backgrounds. That is what makes Europe great.

    • @MattieK09
      @MattieK09 4 роки тому +2

      Lord Hades so a lot of nothing. Nice culture

    • @MaSsiVeGaming1
      @MaSsiVeGaming1 4 роки тому +6

      @@MattieK09 Of course not, not in a unified sense. Culture(s) though, there are many in Europe.

    • @anderstopansson
      @anderstopansson 4 роки тому

      @AsiA I. So , GB is a cntinent. Thx! Well, if we digg a channel from Rostov na Don to Narva, will we finally get free? (of others gelosy)

  • @jimmysparks315
    @jimmysparks315 4 роки тому

    Welcome to Rentier-capitalism......

  • @010Astroboy
    @010Astroboy 4 роки тому +4

    best in what?....Arrogance.....granted! There are many things in which Sweden is not the best in Europe and the world!

  • @harrykuheim6107
    @harrykuheim6107 4 роки тому +5

    Trump 2020....F the EU Globalists

    • @laural3738
      @laural3738 4 роки тому +1

      This is the perfect example of divisive and superficial opinions infecting the internet. By the way the total dumbness of the first pro-Russia US president is the main cause of US having the worst coronavirus pandemic in the world.
      The Trump managemant of the coronavirus pandemic is showing to the world that trolls and disinformation can harm more than the virus itself.

  • @mjz667
    @mjz667 Рік тому +1

    No part in war and conflicts?
    BAE, Bofors, Carl Gustavs and SAAB would beg to differ.
    The Swedish Miltary Industrial Complex is only second to the Americans

  • @babbladudda6420
    @babbladudda6420 3 роки тому

    hoppas du är med os

  • @kevinreily2529
    @kevinreily2529 4 роки тому +4

    The EU and Globalism were the worst two ideas in the past 100 years. Sad, but true. Sweden was a wonderful country, when I lived there over 40 years ago. The feminist dominated government took over and made decisions for every Swede, and acted as if they were never wrong. Now look where you are. No accountability, basically, always trusting the government and never thinking about your culture, your social system and feeling sorry for everybody else.