Comments on: Scandinavian ‘Socialism’: The Truth of the Nordic Model /scandinavian-socialism/ All Things Norway, In English Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:24:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bruce in Jersey /scandinavian-socialism/#comment-1050725 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:24:32 +0000 /?p=43050#comment-1050725 In reply to Edie.

The only problem with fossil fuels is that burning them raises the level of CO2 in the atmosphere. That causes global warming, and if we keep doing it, the climate is going to change in some ways that may make it unsustainable to have 8 billion+ humans on the planet. Drought, famine, massive refugee migration. Might be better to try to keep the climate we enjoy now.

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By: Scotty2 /scandinavian-socialism/#comment-1040075 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:27:58 +0000 /?p=43050#comment-1040075 In reply to Scotty.

Not sure I’ve ever heard a ‘conservative’ mention Norway at all… much less to accuse them of being socialist. I have, however, seen hundreds of socialists online attempting to claim Norway as socialist in an effort to demonstrate that socialism works.

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By: Norman /scandinavian-socialism/#comment-1017824 Thu, 02 May 2024 15:43:59 +0000 /?p=43050#comment-1017824 In reply to Lynne.

I agree with you on this one. Norway has a little less than 6 million people. That’s having less population than the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) in Ontario, Canada. The U.S. has millions of illegal immigrants, thousands of gangs, and a government that struggles to deport or lock up criminals. Even Canada with a population of just under 40 million people, is starting to have problems in dealing with too many newcomers with too few available and affordable housing units. I am worrying about the future of my young son. He might not be able to afford to buy a house on his own when he grows up. We need to get immigration and crime under control ASAP.

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By: gretha /scandinavian-socialism/#comment-1011465 Fri, 20 Oct 2023 20:37:41 +0000 /?p=43050#comment-1011465 In reply to Linda.

I agree with you. This country of ours has taken God out and now the teachers thinks they can do whatever to the kids. We need to take this country back and vote for people that will get our country back to what it was. I am worried about my great grand kids that are just starting in school and what they will learn

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By: regina /scandinavian-socialism/#comment-1006619 Sat, 20 May 2023 00:44:10 +0000 /?p=43050#comment-1006619 In reply to Just a random norwegian.

the criminals will always have a way to get guns. most of them are illegal to begin with, so how does gun control help, seems like it would be a whole lot worse

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By: Stan /scandinavian-socialism/#comment-1002641 Fri, 30 Sep 2022 02:35:20 +0000 /?p=43050#comment-1002641 In reply to msec.

That is a foolish comment. Can you say an owner of a diamond mine using child labor amassed their wealth with no expense to other people? You have a confusion between morality and legality. And you cannot deny that the country has a role in his good life. Would he have the same good opportunities and good life living in Zimbabwe or North Korea for example?

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By: Chip Kennedy /scandinavian-socialism/#comment-1000978 Tue, 19 Jul 2022 12:56:56 +0000 /?p=43050#comment-1000978 Denmark is cuddly capitalism. It only works because of the culture it was founded upon and progressed into a system that has it’s costs for it’s benefits. Great benefits come at a great cost but the majority agreed to it. The Nordic Model only works because it has been a work in progress for a very very long time. The challenge is coming in the future when the older generation continues to receive benefits while because of the last 20 years in population decline has prohibited from a significant generation paying into the system. A system reform will be coming in the future and it will need an overhaul.

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By: Mark Froy /scandinavian-socialism/#comment-998186 Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:15:43 +0000 /?p=43050#comment-998186 In reply to Linda.

There’s no evidence of a God, or any indication that communism is about to sweep through Europe.

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By: Nancy /scandinavian-socialism/#comment-996202 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 16:11:48 +0000 /?p=43050#comment-996202 In reply to Oscar.

As there were indications missed for 9/11.

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By: Facts (maybe wrong ones) /scandinavian-socialism/#comment-995376 Fri, 03 Dec 2021 05:56:44 +0000 /?p=43050#comment-995376 In reply to msec.

No, he is saying that this is a result of conservatives calling social reforms communists when they don’t work and capitalist when they work to promote their stupid economic system. Here for example, VOX (like the Republicans) calls the social democratic ruling party “communist” because Spain has high inflation and low employment. However, this also happens and even worsens in liberal goverments. It’s like a vicious circle:
Conservatives call social reforms socialist.
Liberal voters read about the Nordic Model.
Now they are social democratic voters.
As social reforms are called socialists, they say they are socialist.
Instead of correcting them, conservative voters use the opportunity to say that with them USA will end like Venezuela or Cuba.
Social democrats are saying over and over again they are socialists and they don’t get corrected.

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