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Sweden is infamous for having some of the highest taxes in the world, and yet the country's tax agency is still one of Sweden's most trusted institutions.

The Swedish attitude towards tax contrasts sharply with many countries where taxes can be a deeply divisive issue. We investigate what this says about Swedish society and how the popularity of the welfare state might survive growing challenges in the future.

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[-] Acters@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

I was genuinely surprised when I saw Americans online arguing over the topic of free food in schools, i always hear the mantra "love thy neighbour" in media and such, but some are genuinely upset that someone less fortunate may get to eat at school.

Is called hypocrisy, and it's prevalent the more sociopathic a person is. Which is quite more common to see in the internet from the detachment/ lack of personal connection.

[-] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yes, it's also bizarre. I live in a very left leaning area... people are generally for things like this... but no in their school districts, because they don't want their undeserving neighbors to 'get a handout' while they are 'hard working'. People seem to get offended by the notion that we'd all be better off... because then nobody 'wins'.

It's monkey-brain thinking taking over. People are all for progress... until they feel it affects them in some personal way and they are 'getting theirs'.

[-] dumpsterlid@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

It’s monkey-brain thinking taking over

This is far more needlessly cruel than nature, monkeys are highly evolved for an extraordinarily challenging, diverse landscape with many threats and opportunities. They are not primitive enough to have their minds broken by cancerous ideologies that make them behave against the survival of themselves and their species.

What we are talking about is not primitive behavior, it is a hostile contagion composed of ideas rather than bacteria or viruses.

[-] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago

OK, let's just make a drug to solve the problem then, no? would you take the pill?

[-] dumpsterlid@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Sure why would I question the wisdom of taking a mysterious pill offered to me by user TubularTittyFrog?

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