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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Scandinavians have amazing social services.  They don't worry about healthcare, retirement or college costs.[/quote]

That is because of the homogenous society -  shared values, shared culture, everyone pays into the system.  
A country cannot have these nice things if there is unlimited illegal immigration, people that do not pay into the system and divergent cultures.  
I know that vexes a lot of progressives, but there a lot to be said about homogeneity.  [/quote]
It’s not homogeneity, it’s egalitarianism. A society where everyone, regardless of race, has equal access to education, housing, healthcare, etc… is a happier society. It has nothing to do with race or immigrants. I know that’s hard for Americans to understand. We are so used to associating poverty with brown/black skin color. But it’s the systemic racism in this country that leads to inequality, poverty, crime, etc…[/quote]

I take homogeneity to also mean similar levels of income, just like the word diversity is often used to mean a diversity of socioeconomic levels. You hear that often in regard to schools.

So yes, part of the Scandinavian success story is their homogeneity.[/quote]

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