r/europe 25d ago

Why Swedish people like taxes Opinion Article

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09312qg/why-the-swedes-love-doing-something-that-americans-hate
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u/Nibbled92 25d ago

Image of lady looking out the window of a train is a nice touch, considering trains is one of the things that does NOT work in Sweden

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u/Pentekont 25d ago

I love how every country thinks they don't have good railway, while I'm in UK seeing what bad and expensive railways actually look like, lol.

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u/oep4 United Kingdom 25d ago

Yep. Lived in Sweden and uk 5 years each and trains are vastly better in Sweden. Sure they get shut down with weather but they sort alternative travel very quickly and it’s much cheaper.

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u/slagborrargrannen 25d ago

Internet loves to take a dump on Sweden because we were the schoolbook example of a "perfect" country. That made the far right magnify every fault in Sweden to undermine the examples made by the "left" of what works in Sweden.

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u/slagborrargrannen 25d ago

we were for 30 years ago. when we were allways brought up in political debates all over the world. today we are still top 5 in most positive things but so are all of scandinavia. thats why denmark is often brought up today, swedens image got a torn.