This^^^ also why socialistic principles work better there

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Mar 28, 2020
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Interesting read on the approach Sweden is taking (and apparently the

chilango

3/28/20 7:52am

Easy when the population is a fraction of the U.S.

ordinary tri guy

3/28/20 7:57am

And we have States much less densely populated

Plato

3/28/20 7:58am

And the reason some states are dealing with this much better.

ordinary tri guy

3/28/20 8:06am

Sweden is very sparsely populated.

Food Snob

3/28/20 8:12am

Twice as dense as Utah Not to mention every mountain west state

Plato

3/28/20 8:16am

No, Utah has 35 people per sq kilometer and Sweden has 20

Food Snob

3/28/20 8:18am

I'll m seeing 64/mi in Sweden and 33 in Utah

Plato

3/28/20 8:20am

The only density that matters is the Wasatch Front.

ReyOso

3/28/20 8:20am

10 million people in Stockholm

Plato

3/28/20 8:22am

Stockholm isn’t that big.

chilango

3/28/20 8:23am

Correct. 1.6m metro. 10m Sweden.

Plato

3/28/20 8:26am

Sweden = 87.43% urban. Utah = 90.6% urban.

ReyOso

3/28/20 8:24am

Do you mean Sweden? Stockholm's population is less than a tenth of that.

IceCreamButt

3/28/20 8:25am

Population of Stockholm = 947,000. Metro area 2.3M. You just made that number up

ReyOso

3/28/20 8:25am

It is odd that our business community seems to take advantage of society

OU Cougar

3/28/20 7:58am

Sweden - high social cooperation; US = not so much

NewMexiCoug

3/28/20 8:00am

It's also odd that our society seems to take advantage of our society.

boogers

3/28/20 8:27am

What? Amazon made its money because it's an awesome service.

Mises

3/28/20 10:07am

The article said the service works

OU Cougar

3/28/20 10:30am

True, but they use the PO because it's there.

Mises

3/28/20 10:57am

Amazon hasn't taken advantage of the USPS, but if they have, it's entirely the

delbert

3/28/20 4:10pm

Seems like other European tried that

I'mBatman

3/28/20 8:06am

We don't know how those states would be different

Plato

3/28/20 8:19am

Swedes are far more socially responsible than we are.

Everyman

3/28/20 8:09am

How so?

Plato

3/28/20 8:17am

How would you measure social responsibility? Low crime rates? Adherence to

vagabonder

3/28/20 8:27am

How is Sweden more socially responsible than, say... Utah?

Plato

3/28/20 8:29am

Not sure, Utah and a few other states are generally good. What about the other

vagabonder

3/28/20 8:34am

Some are worse, I'm wondering what the guy meant in

Plato

3/28/20 8:40am

Scandinavians have the reputation of being very trusting to the point of being

Food Snob

3/28/20 8:39am

So I should expand my MLM company to nordics? GTK

bruincoug

3/28/20 8:51am

"Sweden’s approach appeals to the public’s self-restraint and sense of

boogers

3/28/20 8:23am

RE: "Sweden’s approach appeals to the public’s self-restraint and

chilango

3/28/20 8:26am

I thought you were going to point out how they restrain from

Y05

3/28/20 8:54am

Netherlands are at 37 deaths per million and growing.

bluesloth

3/28/20 8:14am

Yes, the Dutch seem to be in trouble. I wouldn’t be surprised if it plays out

chilango

3/28/20 8:22am

Sweden is highly homogeneous, which like it or not, plays into public trust

Scooter

3/28/20 8:21am

This^^^ also why socialistic principles work better there

Big Daddy D

3/28/20 8:45am

Becoming less so, as a result Malmo and areas of Stockholm are struggling

bruincoug

3/28/20 8:50am

Sweden isn’t very homogenous any more. About 20% of the population is foreign-

chilango

3/28/20 8:52am

that is still highly homogeneous compared to US

Scooter

3/28/20 9:55am

If so, because the US is more like a continent than a country. Sweden has 10 M

chilango

3/28/20 10:06am

Wistfully read

kiyoshige

3/28/20 9:48am

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