Jason Voorhees
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The Nordic model of high taxes, generous welfare state, strong unions, universal public services, low inequality is often praised by eveyrone but the question is why can't the US or UK just copy Denmark/ Sweden/Norway?
The main counter argument I've seen for his is Anglo societies and mindset being fundamentally different.
Nordic countries are homogenous high trust countries Nordic countries until very recently were extremely ethnically and culturally homogeneous. Levels of generalized social trust are sky-high and they much more willing to pay 45-55 % effective tax rates because they believe that everyone else is also paying and the money goes to "people like us" rather than "some out-group"
Another argument I have read about is the anglo mindset. Anglos are cunning, opportunistic, capitalists who are driven by greed for money, power and individual benefits above the greater good of the group or anything else.
Nordics score extremely high on "egalitarian" values and low on "hierarchy acceptance". Americans and Brits (especially England) have a much stronger cultural belief in meritocracy, upward mobility through individual effort, suspicion of the state.
The main counter argument I've seen for his is Anglo societies and mindset being fundamentally different.
Nordic countries are homogenous high trust countries Nordic countries until very recently were extremely ethnically and culturally homogeneous. Levels of generalized social trust are sky-high and they much more willing to pay 45-55 % effective tax rates because they believe that everyone else is also paying and the money goes to "people like us" rather than "some out-group"
Another argument I have read about is the anglo mindset. Anglos are cunning, opportunistic, capitalists who are driven by greed for money, power and individual benefits above the greater good of the group or anything else.
Nordics score extremely high on "egalitarian" values and low on "hierarchy acceptance". Americans and Brits (especially England) have a much stronger cultural belief in meritocracy, upward mobility through individual effort, suspicion of the state.
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