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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Scandinavian countries in particular make sure their citizens have a good quality of life. Yes, high taxes and less “stuff”, but major expenses we have here are covered by their government. Much better place to live than the US. [/quote]

They are almost all white nation states.  We are a massively diverse country. [/quote]

It's true they are much less diverse than the US, and just less immigration overall so they have more cohesive, insular national culture, which makes it easier for people to accept the idea of paying higher taxes in order to ensure a higher quality of life across the board.

But there is a lot more immigration in these countries than their used to be. Sweden and Finland, for instance, have absorbed large numbers of refugees from the Middle East and North Africa in the last 10 years. Fewer immigrants settle in Denmark specifically because the cost of living is higher -- it is easier to find housing and afford cost of living in some of the other Scandinavian states than in Denmark, especially Copenhagen. Even many Danish people cannot afford to live in Copenhagen, and a decent number of people who work in the city commute via train from small towns throughout the "Copenhagen region" which is actually quite large.[/quote]

I guess. It’s still trying to compare a largely homogeneous group with a unifying culture with a country much much much larger and about a million times more diverse in every possible way. [/quote]

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