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

Mar 28, 2020
7:58:54am

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While in Sweden they seem to want to cooperate together.

It’s like this story. Amazon basically took advantage of the postal system to make billions and now we get to pay for it. It doesn’t seem like that would be allowed in Sweden.

Business Insider

Lawmakers are sounding the alarm on the coronavirus shuttering the USPS by June — and it could mean chaos for your Amazon deliveries

Amazon leans on the USPS for about a third of deliveries, and that dependence is even stronger in rural areas.

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-usps-shutdown-chaos-amazon-2020-3[https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-usps-shutdown-chaos-amazon-2020-3?amp]

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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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